OOTD! 29th September 2012

Today nothing special occasion. But I went out today to have a (weekly) family dinner with my paternal grandma. My only living (and recognized) grandparent. My maternal grandma passed away when I was primary 4. My maternal grandpa passed away before I was even born. I don't really know my paternal grandpa... Soo..

Anyway! Today as usual. I bathed and changed and got ready for dinner! Dinner is usually super casual. We just head out to Bishan (cause my grandma lives and work near there) and eat at the food court at Junction8. Which is super casual. No need to doll up or anything.

the LOOK -
Shirt; Gift
Bottom; Gift
Accessories;
1) Bracelet: Handmade
2) USA Disney Necklace: Gift
Shoes; Chinatown Boutique. ~$20
Bag; Gift

Okay so lets start off with the shirt! The shirt I wore was the same shirt I wore to choir this Monday. It's the peacock print dress-turned-shirt. And yes I did the exact same thing that I did on Monday. I just tucked in the sides of my dress into my skinnies and voila! Instant transformation! Which is so totally awesome I feel. Haha!

Okay so usually when I go out to have dinner with my family, I don't wear shorts. Rather I wear jeans. And my favorite pair of denim jeans is this pair that I'm wearing. I'm like wearing it for a majority of the year. The only time I don't wear it is when it's in the laundry. For this jeans, there's nothing special or anything. It's just a dark (navy) blue pair of skinnies. It's really comfortable and 'figure' hugging. So it isn't baggy or anything. Which I really do like!(:

Today I did not wear any jacket/cardigans mainly cause of the peacock print. I mean it is such a waste if I just cover the print with my cardi right? And another reason, is that I'm just too lazy to carry my cardigan when I take it off. :B

Okay. So for accessories, I kept it fairly simple meaning no statement rings, no ear rings. All I had was my simple handmade chain bracelet. And that's all for accessories. For shoes I wore my white pumps (that I got for my prom).

My bag/clutch/pouch is a coral colour with a rather cute cartoon at the front of the pouch saying to 'Save the Birds' personally, I feel that this is super ironical for me to carry cause I hate birds. So it's like whaaaaa! But yeah! Ignoring that part of the bag, it's a pretty much nice and awesome bag. The size is so perfect for those days where your stuffs are so few that its insane to bring a fat ass big bag but at the same time it's stinking stupid to not even bring a bag at all. So I usually carry it when I go and meet my grandma for dinner cause it can fit my iPhone, earpiece, tissue paper (packs of it!), key, ezlink and some cash (which I squeeze with my ezlink card holder)

Yep! So this is my outfit of the day! Somehow it seems like as though half of the posts are all like OOTD related. /: Oops! KEKE!

Now don't worry, I will still blog things that aren't OOTD, but OOTDs will be more daily, especially when I'm going out. (: but don't worry, I will still blog normal stuff. After all, this isn't a fashion blog. It's a normal blog!(:

Have fun and stay safe!
CHLOÉ

OOTD! 28th September 2012

In case you haven't really realized, everytime I go out, I will try my best to remember to do an Outfit of the Day (aka OOTD) post (:

So today, 28th September, what's the special occasion? :O

Today is my dearest sister-in-law, Priscina, birthday. And her parents were very kind and allowed her to bring 2 friends. And Priscina chose me. Which I'm super honored!

So anyway, it's a small dinner party but it was held at Crowne Plaza Hotel at Changi Airport; Terminal 3. And since we were dining at a restaurant in a hotel at Changi Airport. It somehow just clicked that I cannot be dressed too sloppily since after all, it's a HOTEL. Hence I decided to wear a dress! (:

The LOOK:
Dress; Chinatown boutique
Jacket; gift? :O
Accessories;
1) Belt: ~$10. Roadside store near Temasek Polytechnic
2) Ear rings: ~$5. Bugis street
3) Bracelet: ~$5. Bugis street
4) USA Disney Necklace: Gift
Shoes; ~$20. Chinatown boutique

Okay. So when I was thinking of wearing a dress, the first thing that came to my mind was my prom dress! Yes you read correctly. The red polka dot dress I wore today is actually my prom dress. (: it's a red dress with small minuscule white polka dots. The dots aren't really that large. Rather, it's smaller and from afar, one can easily mistaken it as a plain red dress.

This dress has an A-line cut. The top is a very conservative boat neck cut. Its sleeveless hence showing off some skin. It does not synch in or anything, and this is super cool as it allows the wearer to 'adjust' where their thinnest part of their body is. Also, without the elastic that synch in the waistline, the dress looks more on the formal end.

The bottom of the dress, is cut in an A cut silhouette - meaning its a flare. Because its a flare, it gives a false impression of curves that did not be there. And this is one way to make others believe that you have an absolutely gorgeous figure. Also, the skirt is plaited hence giving it a small pop instead of it just being all plain and boring.

For my belt, I used a rather chocolate-y brown colored belt. The reason why is cause I only have this belt. HAHA! Well firstly, I bought this colour cause brown is a neutral colour. Hence it can really easily match with other colors regardless on where it is in the colour wheel. The belt is a skinny woven belt. As the belt is too long, what I did was I used the excess belt to make into an infinity loop at the front (near the buckle) of the belt. This tip was learnt from Chriselle Lim for Chriselle Inc.

As I was not going to go straight to the hotel, I decided to put on this dark wash denim jacket. This denim jacket cuts off at my waist, and the material isn't too think or thin. Although the jacket had pictures on it, but it was minimal and really did not make the whole outfit look too overboard. The denim jacket, in my opinion, really toned down the formal look of the dress.

Next up, the shoes I wore my white peep toe wedges that I (once again!) wore to my prom! (: now white shoes is cause there's white on my dress (the polka dots)!

Now the ear rings I wore was the blue and green polka dots ear rings that I got at Bugis street not long back. I chose this pair of ear rings, well mainly cause they are my FAVORITE pair of ear rings, but also cause blue and green are complementary colors to the red. Simply put it, in the colour wheel, red is directly opposite blue and green. Hence this allows them to complement each other and work in harmony (; another reason is cause of the polka dot pattern on the ear ring~

Now for 'jewelry'. For bracelet, I are the wrapped bracelet that I got at Bugis street. Firstly, it's very classic. I mean it IS black and gold. Secondly, the gold chains of the bracelet will help make the overall look less formal, and more relaxed. (:

I did not wear any rings neither did I wear any necklace. Cause I felt that adding those pieces will be an overkill. So yah!

Hope you liked today's OOTD post! Do stay tune for more legit posts!(: till then, stay happy!

JYANNNN!
CHLOÉ

P.s: HAPPY BDAY to Priscina and Angela!

P.p.s: a big THANKYOU to Priscina's parents for inviting me (and Sophia) :D

Ramin Karimloo - A man of unexplainable awesomeness.

I can't really pinpoint WHY Ramin Karimloo is awesome, but oh my gosh... He's just so AWESOME! <3

Is it the power of his voice? The thickness and richness of his voice or what? I have entirely no idea. But oh my...

<3

Really can't pinpoint what was just so awesome about it. But it was just THAT marvelous!

... but with all respect, he's married. /:

P.s: YES! I'm once again having sleepless night...

Life; a game of choice - Unable to sleep. Sudden epiphany?! No! It's just a snapping out of the pitiful mentality.

OKAY! I'm still unable to sleep and boy am I pissed.

And while lying on my bed. I realized that something was troubling me. Yeah. You prolly guessed it correctly. It's my choir stuff. Now don't get me wrong. I'm having fun and I do LOVE choir ALOT. But it's like. Today we were told to sing with more chesty voice. And I felt like dunking my head in water. Cause I have NO IDEA how to achieve a chesty voice! Or maybe I'm achieving it already but just that I don't know. I'm not sure... But it's like urghhhhh!

And I was like "Why sopranos can easily reach the desired 'texture', while us altos are like always always always having trouble?" it's like when you are really very tired and pissed off, all those little devils start telling you about how good other people/parts are better and how you always get the shitty part?

But you know what? Life is all about CHOICES. and you know what? From now on, I CHOOSE to love altos part. Not that I don't love it now. But I'm gonna stick by my part and say "Yes, Sops, you guys sound awesome. But you know what, altos can sing as beautifully as you!".

Change the attitude first; and everything will follow after.

Weirdly interesting Dream. Hmmm...

Okay! So since I can't sleep, I shall continue blogging (;

So this post is gonna be about this super weird dream I had last night. I can almost swear that half of your will laugh your asses off when you read To be honest, I'm a little hesitant. But , oh well. I can't control my dreams darling! (TT TT) so laugh with me. It was really super super (O__O) especially since the party involved in my dream was... Somebody whom I will CONVENIENTLY call Mr. D

Well, it wasn't a dirty dream or what not. It was actually a real funny dream that made TOTALLY no sense at all! In my dream, Mr. D has a son! A super cute child. He and his son enter a room that had like wooden floor. And then me and his son got super attached after he tackled me and I tackled back. Then he left his son in my care. And went back to grab his daughter. And I was like thinking "Dude where's your wife?"

Anyway, after he brought back his daughter, I woke up. Which is super convenient (I felt) but I think it was better that the dream just ended there. Cause I can't imagine what would happen if the dream continued. Maybe I would find out the identity of the children's mother. Or maybe it will just evolve into some weirdo dream.

I don't know and honestly is super happy that it ended there. Making it short, sweet, simple and weird; but in a good way.

But I swear, throughout the ENTIRE dream, only one thing was in my mod. 'Mr. D has kids?!' keke!

Okay, this shall end my post. Keke! Short and random. Awesome much!

HAHA! Well anyway, it wasn't really meant to be a LONG post or anything since the dream was super weird and short and lack of any life changing information (that would most likely be fake. Since its a dream) hence, this.

The only reason why I posted this entry was cause I found it kinda hilarious that I had a dream regarding HIM and also that it was so queer and out of the blue.

Cheerssss!(:
CHLOÉ

OOTD! (: 25 September 2012

YOYOYO! Once again, I'm back for another OOTD post! Keke!


the LOOK:
Top: Loose button up Top - Pasar Malam
Bottom: Dark Wash Denim Shorts - Uniqlo
Accesories: Duo colored chain bracele - Self made
Button statement Ring - Bugis Street
Disney Name Necklace - gift from Jia Qi
Shoes: Black pumps (flats) - Topshop


Today I chose a beige/pastel orange super loose button up shirt. I'm not very sure of the material but one thing I know is that its light and the material is very flow-y. To a certain extent, it's formal looking yet to another extent, it isn't. So other than the poor description of clothes skill I have, its also rather difficult to describe this top. This top was bought at the Pasar Malam which was held at the empty plot of land beside Tampines interchange for about $10 if I never remember wrongly /:

The shorts I wore are my Uniqlo dark wash denim shorts! Keke! They are like my all-time favorite shorts! Well firstly cause its my ONLY pair of dark washed denim shorts and secondly cause it's just so dead comfortable. And cummon, who don't love shorts? But one thing to note, this shorts don't really synch in at my waist so there's like a slight gap between my body and the denim fabric when I seat down and stuff like that. Hence I need a belt!(; talking of which, I need to fix my belt...

Moving on! Accesories! For the bracelet, it's a self made bracelet. What I did was I mixed 2 different kind of chain. One is like a blackish silver color while the other was a silver color chain. I have 3 "strands" and I placed them 'parallel' to each other the different color strand being sandwiched by the 2 same colored strand. Because like yesterday, this top makes the entire outfit look very soft and feminine (loose fabric and denim shorts. Duh?). The button top also gives a vibe of sophistication (today was kind of like a lazy sophistication), hence instead of sticking to yesterday's wrap bracelet, I swapped it to this. Which gave the look an edge and a tougher look. For ring, I donned on my button ring which I got from Bugis Street. The button ring is a ring that is so fun and cute and at the same time makes the 'pop' and statement.

For shoes, I stuck to my trusty Topshop black pumps! Another all own favorite! (:

Well! This will conclude my OOTD (aka Outfit of the Day) post! Unlike most pictures, OOTD isn't posted on Instagram. Why? Cause I'm just not comfortable with it, I guess...

Anyway! Up next will be a blog about chorale practice for the past two days. (:

That's ALL!
CHLOÉ

OOTD! (24 September 2011)

First ever on this blog! OOTD! OOTD! I know I should be using my laptop to post this post since there's a picture an all. However, as always, I have this thing called procrastination. And whenever I have a short pause, the urge/rush to post will suddenly die off till I no longer feel like posting.

ANYWAY! Enough of the explanation and on with the OOTD post!


the LOOK:
Top: Peacock dress - gift from Jia Qi
Bottom: Denim shorts - Uniqlo
Accessories: Zebra ring - Arab Street
Black and Gold chain wrap bracelet - Bugis Street
Shoes: Black pumps - Topshop

Now the top was originally an empire dress (wiki if needed), however, the garter below the bust area loosened hence making it no longer an empire cut. When my dad ask me if I still wanted to keep it. I replied "yes" reason is simple. Although I cannot revert the dress back to a dress, but I super duper love the print and material. Further more it was a gift from Jia Qi. And by just tucking in the edges, the dress no longer look like but a dress but rather like a loose top.

For bottoms, I wore my dark wash denim shorts that was purchased from Uniqlo during the Great Singapore Sale period.

As the top by itself is already super feminine and all, I toughened the look up by wearing a gold chain wrap bracelet with a black thick thread running through the chains. The gold metal ware and thickness of the final result somehow exuded a kind of roughness, effectively neutralizing the softness of the entire outfit.

The ring was pretty much optional, but I just wore it as to glam the outfit a little more. Originally I wanted to wear a large ring, however I soon figured that it will be too much. As the bracelet wrap as well as the top is very statement-y. Adding a large ring that is meant to be a statement will overpower the entire outfit. Hence I swapped it with my favorite zebra ring. (:

And of course(?), I never leave the house for school without my trusty black pumps (:

and with that, my outfit is done! :D

EDITTTT; my necklace is the one that Jia Qi got for me at Disney Land, USA! (: have been wearing it since I'm not sure when :D but it's so pretty and girly especially since it has a thin chain (:

JYANNNN!
CHLOÉ

UPDATESSSS! (18 September - 21 September)

Once again, I am pretty much MIA... ): No signs of life since the 18th of September... Well, simply put it, I was lazy... KEKE :B

♪  東京テディベア - Ver.杏ノ助

Well, without any delay, lets just jump into the blog post shall we? Not I might just lose the blogging 'feel' (though its already partially lost...) BUT! Anyway...

18th September 2012; Tuesday

So, as per usual, I woke up... Pretty late I gotta say... I woke up around 11-12nn... /: Tired I guess... HAHA! Well, anyway, woke up, ate lunch and then, I wrote my part for Sophia's birthday card on a separate piece of slightly tinted paper... Reason being cause the reason that I'm supposed to write on is with Priscina, and I think that its better that I write it before hand so I won't face the difficulty of not knowing what to write on by 10x4cm light blue card. And also, since I'm writing at home, I can experiment with different papers and pens before settling for a certain combination. Hence discarding the possibility of the ink not being visible when written on the paper.

Dear Sophia... (with Instagram filter and effects)

So after doing that, it was kind of time for me to go and meet Priscina to put together the card and all. So I went to bathe and wore a black dress and my awesome sweater and headed out to meet my dearest Exclusive sister-in-law at school Macdonalds. When we met, we were hungry and pretty much went ahead to order Cup Corn and Orange Juice for myself and Apple Pie and Milo for herself. Chatted awhile before finally deciding to start on the card. Then, met a few seniors before the rest of the clique came. When they arrived, most of the planning was done. Now it was just to actually past the stuff down. Well, we ran into a few unexpected scenarios. However, we all managed to pass it by rather smoothly and am super proud that we  still managed to keep the element of surprise (;

Anyway! This is the final result!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Sophia <3

HAHA! Although it was pretty much a last minute work, I think it more or less appeared pretty amazing. My card is probably the most outstanding since like its actually a very pale yellowish tint paper over a super bright light blue colour paper. As such, the words could be easily seen and all the colours more or less have equal opportunity to actually pop!

The picture that you can see on the top left hand corner of the card was taken from our Gardens by the Bay chorale outing. Well, what I did for the frame was I bought a patterned (not sure how to describe it) that looked kind of suitable with the colour scheme and all. And at the bottom it has that border with an egg and when I saw it, it instantly clicked to me that it would be a perfect frame! All I needed to do was cut the "egg" part away from the line without detaching the two pieces and slide in the picture under the egg but above the main bulk of the paper. Ingenious? :B HAHA!

Well, after we prepared the card, we went up for chorale and started with warm up (as per usual). After warming up, we broke up for sectionals and began revising through Northern Lights and Luk Luk Lumbu. But we could not finish revising our 2nd song cause Darius entered the room and split us into Altos 1 & 2 (I'm in alto 1) then we went through half of the Conversion of Saul. Which was, literally, a pull hair scenario...

Oh my goodness... I mean yeah, when it comes to a new song or what, it's difficult (for me), to retain the tune in my head. I need constant playback and constant singing to actually be able to capture the notes and tune and remember it... ): But that day was really... URGH! And it did not help that I was not able to hit those high notes...): Even now... I can't hit those notes...): I don't want to push it to my sore throat... But do you think its possible that it is due to the sore throat? /: Cause after all... I haven't fully recover yet...

WELL, but still that shouldn't be a valid reason for not being able to remember the tune... Well, I guess this just means that I need to work extra super hard to master this piece. For a while, I'm a little worried... Cause, most of my choir friends have at least some choir experience... But I have NO choir background before I entered TPChorale... So at times, I really don't know if my technique is correct... And also, my music background is super limited... I mean come on, I don't play the piano or what not... Hence I can't see the score and immediately be able to imagine the pitch... Neither can I sing and just tell in an instant whether I hit the right note or not without a piano to verify. Well, maybe I can reach the latter with practice... but the thing is NOW, I at times will feel a little insecure... Cause I have no idea how well I'm doing... And seeing experience (in the choir only), I am like the weakest link... With absolutely zero choir experience or music background...): But, of course, Darius does says that all of us here is here because we possessed the potential and are the cream of the cream.

I know, I passed the auditions... But, I'm still a little worried... ): Like, people are just SO good... I know I'm good too... But when I have never did choir singing before... :x But, well, people always start from somewhere... For me, it's now... I'm gonna give it my all... Even if I fall, I'm gonna pick myself up (: Cause, I love chorale... Especially since I have so many awesome and lovely friends in TP Chorale... (:

"Have faith in your own ability. More importantly, have faith in the talent that God have given you."

Oh, I have to say something! I don't know if its only me, but when Darius suddenly talk to the entire alto 1 but points at me (cause I'm standing at the front row, middle), I always get a little scared...): He is scary...): HAHA! I'm kidding! Well, in certain ways... He's a little scary. But rather than saying he is scary, I think he is a super great person (: Cause he bought Hello Panda for us on Tuesday practice :B HAHA! Ohmygoodness! No but I'm super serious. The first thing that ran through my mind when I met Darius was "WOW" I didn't know that a guy can sing like that! And when I went back home I'm like "BAM! My conductor is awesome!" LMAO! And, heck, he can be super hilarious! HAHA! I don't know. Well, its probably just like the Phantom of the Opera, although I've only seen one Phantom (Ramin Karimloo), but that Phantom has become my favorite Phantom. Similarly, although I've only been under one conductor, but Darius is my favorite :B

Well, that was pretty much all for Tuesday... Was super tired. Super duper happy that Sophia love her present! Like when somebody say that she really love the present you have made, it really make one feel that all the hardwork and planning are all worth it. It's just like how an artist feels when somebody praises his artwork or when someone compliments the dish a chef has cooked. Its a sweet feeling that well within your heart and just brims and overflows making your tiredness just ebb away and be replaced with the sweet taste of joy.

"Indeed, appreciation is like a spring of fresh water that has the splendid ability to wipe away ones fatigue and bring a smile to the face."

19th September 2012, Wednesday.

Now Wednesday was a pretty slow and lazy day. Nothing much happened. Just stayed at home and rested and practiced the Conversion of Saul.

20th September 2012, Thursday.

Thursday is a pretty WHAM day... Well, shall we start with the morning?

Morning, I woke up and the very first thing on my mind was to SMS HER to ask if giving a keychain that has the kid's name written on it for Children's Day was okay with her. Because, the last time I was in contact with HER, we agreed to collab on giving the kids a Children's Day gift. Simply because I do not want the kids to compare gifts and make comparison. Because I know I will not really be so sour if a kid came and say that he prefer someone elses gift more than mine. But I cannot presume she will be this way. And seeing her percieved thinking of me, it may seem like a ploy to buy over the kids or whatever nonsense. So, I'm like why not collaborate? So that we will eliminate this problem of comparison. She say okay. When I asked HER for the date she is free, she say she will inform me later. Later never came. So I myself, asked her if the gift was okay. And after saying that the gift isn't age appropriate, she finally told me that she is going to give a separate present on another day. Then for awhile I was like shocked. Then after constantly reminding myself to stay calm, I finally confirmed that she is going to do it on her own.

Now, what's my problem? My problem is not her giving a separate present. I mean if she wants to give 10 separate presents, sure thing! Go ahead. But the thing is that, if you are going to remove yourself from the collab, isn't it only RIGHT that you inform the other party? I mean come on... Isn't this basic manners/courtesy? I'm like thoroughly disgusted and upset with HER behaviour. And please, pissed off is an understatement. I really... Urgh! It kind of disgust me that she is in the same post as Darius and my Exclusive Family...

OKAY, I'm not going to give her anymore time on my blog. She isn't worth my time. Gosh.

Anyway, the day passed away as per usual and I realized something - Daytime, for me, has been decreasing recently. And its not because the Sun is setting earlier, but it's due to me waking up later :B KEKE.

Well, everything was fine up till dinner where I had a mini collapse... /: Again, low blood pressure was the cause... I don't really know how it happened, all I know was that my body felt weak. Thank God that Alex was behind me so when I fell to the floor, I wasn't really hurt cause he was there to hold me. Which is thank God!

And, after the mini collapse, I was a bit embarrassed that I could still laugh at it. Cause when I think about it, well nothing can beat collapsing in the toilet right? :x okay... that really isn't funny right? But in one sense I'm laughing cause although its true I collapsed, however, I did not black out for awhile or totally cannot stand up without help. I quickly recovered and could steady myself back up on my feet. Took my blood pressure and found out that it was pretty low (but still not 'beating' my 'record' of 36 for my diastolic pressure [also known as the minimum pressure]). So to me I felt that although I had a mini collapse, but it wasn't that bad. That's why I was kinda chuckling a bit. But a little guilty for laughing... Cause my mum was really worried... ):

I'm kind of fine now... blood pressure was still pretty low... But I'm feeling a little better (:

Well, anyway I did a little of research about Low blood pressure and it seems that dehydration might be a possible cause of low blood pressure... ): so I shall try to drink a lot of water! #determined.

Also, yesterday I was a little worried... Cause I was scared that low blood pressure is hereditary mainly cause I have low blood pressure naturally. So if my blood pressure is on the low range, it's kind of normal for me. I'm fine with it... But I do not want my kids to have low blood pressure... Sad to say, blood pressure is actually influenced by the physical attributes of the person. And as physical attributes are sort of hereditary, hence, blood pressure is also hereditary... Meaning, its all in the genes... ): there is no "blood pressure" trait, however, its all dictated by the genes that make you, you. Well, I was saying on twitter that I am praying that my kids will be more like their dad, so that they won't have low blood pressure... But really, instead of praying that they will be take more after their dad, I would rather pray that the genes that my kids have will make them healthy and strong with no illness or anything.

"All I want for my children, is that they will be safe, happy, healthy and strong in the Lord."

Well! Thats pretty much all for now! Tomorrow going to my parents' cell BBQ. Once again I'm the game master (; KEKE! Will most likely do a blog post about it. Well, dependings (;

Till the next time I blog!
JYANNNNN!
CHLOE

P.s: Our choir gown! the only reason why its not on any social media is cause I don't think its well taken... /: Especially since the one that is full length, my eyes are kinda closed... ): But, I will post it here! Cause I think the gowns are really just so pretty!

Elegant and Scarlet! (; Me, Dear and Siblings  ^^

KEKE! I shall post a full length photo when we gotta wear it during the concert. This shall just serve as a teaser (;

BOOOO!): Sleepless Night! - Day Update (17Sept2012)

I HAVE NO IDEA WHY! I just can't fall asleep... Goodness. Is it the chocolate fault /: anyway, whatever might be the reason, I'm gonna blog to try and tire myself out so that I can have kind of like an "early" night. If that is even possible...

Well, anyway, yesterday was a Monday. So like all Monday, I had chorale today! However, today I left the house at 4pm although chorale starts at 6:30pm. Reason being me and Priscina has already set that we were going to meet at Tampines 1 at 5pm to buy the materials for Sophia's cars :D

Sophia, my Exclusive sister-in-law's sister, birthday is on 19th September which happens to fall on a Wednesday. So Priscina was saying that why not we do something for her to celebrate her birthday. And I'm like why not. As we weren't be meeting up on Wednesday, hence we plan to give the card on Tuesday instead. Hence, common sense would tell us that the card must be done by Tuesday. Hence, me and Priscina decided to meet up earlier to buy the materials for the card.

However, I left the house planning to reach Tampines 1 by 4:30pm (which I did.). The reason was because I wanted to drop by Daiso@T1. Reason being that in 2 weeks time, it's going to be Children's Day celebration for the kids. And I felt that it would be sweet/nice if the teachers gave their classes a gift separately. I mean, if I was a kid, I would totally love it if that happened. Well, it so happened that this month, I'm on teaching duty. Hence I felt that it was super apt that I give each primary 1 and 2 kid a gift to celebrate their childhood (: cause at the end of the day, when the kids look back, they will want to remember all the happy times they have. And for me, I always feel super happy when a teacher gives us a present regardless of the occasion. Unless, it's homework. -,-

So I went and walked around Daiso@T1. Combed the area and rationalized what gifts to get for those 10 kids or so. I pretty much got an idea of what to give. But I still gotta discuss it with my co-teacher/helper. But at least I have the rough idea... So it's good (:

Well, after awhile, I met up with Priscina and went to Urban Write to buy the materials for the card... It took awhile to finalize on the materials and originally was waiting for the arrival of Wei Min so that we can hear her opinion. However, she was 44mins late. So we were forced to just purchase the items.

Once we paid the things, we had to immediately rush to school to meet the rest so that they can write a note for Sophia. However, we did not have much time to do that as we reached school pretty late... So all we could do was just try to complete as much as we could before chorale. Then the rest will just be completed tomorrow.

So we headed up for chorale. And I recieved my first present from my dear. A bottle of honeylemon <3 HAHA! Super sweet of her. Keke! My throat is better. But I don't want to risk irritating it making it worsen during today's practice, so I bought 2 bottles just incase. My dear tweeted to me on Saturday(?) that she would make for me honeylemon to soothe my then terrible sore throat. Haha! I thought she was kidding, so I bought 2 bottles on my own. However, turned out, she really bought one bottle for me. Which I'm super happy and grateful for. (: at least my dear cares for me(;

(for the photo of the bottle of honeylemon. Check out my Instagram @ilovetomatoes)

So anyway, started warm ups before splitting into sectionals where we covered Luk Luk Lumbu and Northern Lights. Tighten up certain areas and cleared up certain doubts. When we last saw Darius, the choir kinda got a scolding for Darius for Northern Lights. Cause it was really all over the place. Well at least for the altos...

Do you realized that in a choir piece, usually the sopranos have an easier time mastering theirs whereas the altos have a more difficult time. When this was brought up, my seniors said it was due to the parts we are given. Usually altos are given all the parts with the weird weird notes. That's why it's harder for us to catch the tune and all. Honestly, is this the truth? Je ne sais pas. But I got to agree that sopranos do have an easier time. And I theorize it's so as its easier for us to go (sing) higher. But for us to go (sing) lower, it takes effort.

However, it's not impossible for the altos part to stand out in the choir. It may be difficult to make our part more audible (in the sense that our part can be clearly heard but the different parts voices still remain blended) but definitely not impossible. All we need is practice and confidence. Altos FTW!

Anyway, once Darius came, we started combine practice. We begun with Lik Luk Lumbu followed by Northern Lights. Once that was over, we went through the pronunciation of the non-English part of the new score titled "the Conversion of Saul" and once that was done, chorale was over and I gladly quickly headed home.

Once I reached home, I ate my "second"dinner and than started to search for the song - the Conversion of Saul - on YouTube. And unlike some pieces, this was relatively easy to find. However, like MOST pieces it was difficult to follow the video. It was especially challenging during the first half of the video as it was firstly, quite fast paced and not to forget, in a different language! So it was really super hard to follow especially when they are singing so fast and in 8 different parts. Goodness gracious me. And like all other choir videos, the only outstanding voices that you can hear are the sopranos and the guys singing. Altos part, is pretty much MIA during playback ):

This makes it super hard for us to prepare cause we can't hear exactly how our part is like from YouTube since our part is more or less buried under the other parts. ): #thewoesofanalto

HAHA! As of now, we have 16 practices left and a total of 10 songs to learn. Leggo leggo! :B

So far, the songs already learnt are
1) Puppets Dream
2) Luk Luk Lumbu
3) Siyahamba
4) Northern Lights

Super excited for next practice (which is today)! Okie dokie! My eyelids are starting to feel heavy. It must be timefo sleep! Goodnighty!

Till we meet again! JYANNNN!
CHLOÉ

16September2012 - Sleepless night; In all things, Praise the Lord!; thePhantom of the Opera(:

(♪ Til' I Hear You Sing - Love Never Die)

The only reason I'm typing this on my phone, is the fact that it's 1:51am and I can't seem to fall asleep... So /: decided to blog.

Firstly, I just realized that I did not blog about my results! Haha! Well, I can either post a picture of my results or type it out. But instead of being lazy to post the picture, I've decide to type it out instead. If you want to view my results in a photo format, do search me up on Instagram (@ilovetomatoes). Anyway, this is my results for semester 1.1

Financial Accounting; B+
Microeconomics; A
Principle of Management; B+
Business Office Application; B
Writing and Presentation; DISTINCTION
Applied Principles of Effective Living (APEL); PASS
GPA; 3.6

For most subjects, it really came as a pleasant surprise, and for a minority, the result was kind of expected. For example, my Financial Accounting, I thought that my grade will be totally screwed since I kind of totally screwed up my paper. Although a majority of m friends all told me that my coursework (which I got an A) would pull me up, however I wasn't expecting this much of a lift! This is really a miracle. Really really praise the Lord! Cause if you looked at the number of questions I was confident answering the questions, it was really very little. And unless I get all correct, it really seemed super difficult for me to pass. However, like what others say, at least I filled in the blanks. Meaning I might have the chance of scoring some questions that I thought I answered wrongly but was actually correct. Really thank God for his favour and wisdom! I promise to practice harder for FA2! This was really a close shave and God's mercy. I really believe this. Thank God! Microeconomics I really think I outdone my expectations! Seems like my (sort of) midnight oil actually produced some results! (: thank God! Really praise the Lord for my results! It was really better than what I have expected. It was so much better than whatever I have imagined! Really, praise the Lord! (: indeed, once again, what you sow is what you reap.

Having a GPA of 3.6 at sem 1.1 is a pretty good start, I think. Well, but that doesn't mean I can slacken. Next semester is the semester where I will be taking 2 "electives" (aka Cross Disciplinary Subjects; CDS). From what my brother say... I've chosen CDS that are hard to score... But if I get it, I believe that I will really truly enjoy studying it. However, that's for the first 2 CDS I have picked. Now, I think phonetics is also abit stupid.../: well, I'm not sure. But at that moment, I was thinking like in a presentation, one area that people take note is your pronunciation. And pronunciation can be learnt by reading the phonetic symbols that the dictionary provides. However, in schools, we aren't thought how to read phonetic symbols. Therefore, I thought it would be beneficial to learn that. Honestly, I can only remember signing up for this 3 CDS. But honestly, I really hope I can get into my first 2 choice. Which is introductory Japanese and introduction to Sociology. Both I'm equally passionate about and would totally adore. However, at the same time, they are really a popular subject. So... /: hope that I won't regret whatever I have chosen/got. But really, I pray that I can enter into my first 2 choice...

Okay, my studies aside. Today was a pretty slow day. At dinner, there was a little argument. However, after awhile, it managed to be resolved. Praise the Lord! (:

Okay, I think it should be time to try and sleep now! Goodnight!

In all things praise the Lord!
CHLOÉ

SIDE NOTE: Recently, I have been super intrigued/drawn to the Phantom of the Opera. Well partially was due to the suaveness of the Phantom/Angel of Music/Erik, and not to mention the intensity of the drama and plot. However, there was also a part of me that was drawn into the music that was played and sang during the entire course of the show/musical. One of my favorite scenes from the Phantom of the Opera is the Final Lair where the Phantom tries to force Christine Daaé to stay with him and then finally the hero, Raoul, tries miserably to intervene and rescue his damsel in distress. In this scene, everything was exploding into a firework of awesomeness. The mix of voices and melody coupled with the drama and acting really made one totally engaged with the scene. It was really really really good. Bravo!

P.s; Ramin Karimloo has such a BEAUTIFUL voice. <3 data-blogger-escaped-br="br">
P.s.p.s; really looking forward to see the sequel of the Phantom of the Opera - Love Never Dies. So far I've heard a few songs from the sequel - Devil take the Hindmosts & Under the Moonless Sky - and it was absolutely 100% without a doubt brilliant! Can't wait to see the entire show (although I already know what is going to happen thanks to Wikipedia..) keke! :B

P.s.p.s.p.s; the version of the Final Lair that I totally love. This is taken from the 25th anniversary of the show. (:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cQLl9_flfTw

Short Update! ; 14 September 2012

GOODNESS... so long since I've last post. HAHA! Is the blog still alive? No idea...

So well anyway, just a very short update... Don't really think much happened this week...

Well first up, I'm not that well. I've developed a cough through this week. It started like on Sunday, I begun to have this irritation in my throat. On Monday, it still remained and I kinda ignored it and still went for chorale and went home, ate crab... And I think the crab kinda sparked off further irritation... Cause I'm also kind of allergic to shellfish like crab, prawns, oyster etc. On Tuesday, during chorale, I drank bottle of water and asked my friend to buy Honey Lemon to soothe my throat which REALLY worked. However, after that, I raised my voice at a freaking jackass after chorale which most likely explained why it kind of tumbled down hill.):

Wednesday, I was into a semi-cough state and was like forcing words out from my throat in the morning. Now one thing that I took note was that whenever I wake up, my throat will be at its pit bottom. However, as the day progress, my throat would slowly improve. And by the end of the day, my voice would not be hoarse or anything. So although when I wake up I have a little phlegm, when it progressed towards the end of the day, the phlegm was like no longer present. So it was a little hard to tell people how well I am since its so different even in one day lapse. Well, that aside, Wednesday was a rather meh day for me. HAHA! It was a slack and relax day. Cause this week (and also next week) I have a rather 'packed' singing training schedule. I have chorale on Monday and Tuesdays (as per usual) however, for this two weeks, I have signed up for this Vocal training course that is held in church on Thursdays and Fridays by some lady that I cannot remember her name or even how to address her. So it was like out of 5 weekday, I have 4 nights/evenings dedicated to singing. HAHA! So Wednesday was kind of like the only day that I could spend my entire day seating at home, slacking and doing some work. Little though... But.. HAHA! Well, on Wednesday, the only thing that was exciting for me would probably be me dying my hair again! :B The colour that I chose was the hair colour that I chose when I coloured my hair back in January, Marshmallow Brown! Now my hair is a super dark brown colour that would somethimes appear brownish under certain condition, however it wasn't like totally pitch black, so I did not bleach my hair or did something like a preparation step before I coloured my hair. All I essentially did was ensure that my hair was free from all hair products (which I rarely used), mixed the solution, change into my old secondary school uniform (aid removal of clothings when its time to wash of the dye since its a button down shirt.) sat down and started dying my hair. The brand I used was Liese Hair Colour. The hair dye basically works as a foam. So when you express out the dye from the nuzzle, it will come out as a foam, and you just smear it over your hair evenly, massage and make sure that all the product stays on your hair and settle for at least 30mins. For my previous colouring job, I had around chest length hair and cause my hair was super duper thick, the result turned out not as how others would expect. Now don't get me wrong, The colour was perfect (from what alot of people commented) however, instead of dying the entire head, it came out only like a highlight. And because the hair colour isn't that striking to stand out as a highlight, people will often ask me if I had dyed my hair, cause it looks so natural :D Which I think its a compliment :B HAHA. But anyway, now my hair is shoulder length and have at least half of the thickness taken away (temporarily) so I kind of expected the results to be better. Which it really did become better! In the first (January) try, there was barely enough product to 'soak' my entire hair in the foam. However, this time round, it was possible. So I got this very shampoo like effect. Which I felt was a great success cause that was kind of like the 'expected' result and I did not get it before, but I could achieve now. So I was super happy with the result. Yeah! After I rinsed off the dye and all, I was a little scared on how it would turn out, cause when I was staring at the bathroom mirror (with wet hair), seriously and honestly, I could not see any colour payoff. And I was super scared. I was like "shit, did it turn out crap?" And I was kind of worried of the prospect that I have wasted $19.90 of my cash on this product that did not work. However, thank God, just like the previous time, when my hair dried and is under light (natural and artificial alike), the colour would show. In fact, now when I look in the mirror, my hair doesn't look as dark, and at least.the colour is somewhat even :D Now, if there was to be one thing that I did not like about this hair dye, it would be the smell. Up to today, after having 2 washes, my hair still smell of the dye. Which I'm not exactly happy about /:

So that was Wednesday, Thursday was another day of waking up late, have lunch (and breakfast), and then later in the evening I went of for the vocal training which was kind of a repeat on what I've already learnt and practiced in chorale. So honestly, it wasn't really that beneficial or new to me. Cause I do that all the time in chorale. And considering that the singing technique that we use are the same, it was basically pretty much meh. So that was Thursday. Shout out to my beloved daughter, Tiffany for getting me 2 bottles of Honey Lemon! Lovelovelove! <3

Finally, Friday today. Friday was another relax carefree day. Did not do much really. Woke up, had breakfast and then talked with my mum about alot of things until around 4+. Feeling tired, we decided to take a nap. Woke up, had dinner. And today I did not go for the vocal training. Reason being I need to be at home to take care of my sister. So... meh.

Well, that was pretty much all for this week. I am super annoyed with the Tuesday incident, but I don't think I should type it in this post. Since this post was supposed to be solely a update post.

Will definitely try to update more frequently.(:

Currently Outstanding Posts:

1) Chorale Outing @ Garden by the Bay

2) Outing with beloved Amanda Tio

3) le Prank.

Hugs & Kisses! Muacks muacks muacks!

CHLOE

P.s: On Monday, I was particularly upset because I found out that somebody hacked my old hotmail account that was my main email account. I was upset and a little reluctant to let it go cause... well, firstly who wants somebody to hack ones account right? So I tried retrieving my email by filling in those forms that were aimed to help users who accounts have been hacked reclaim their email. However, because I forgot or rather did not keep track of my email records and the email I have linked my hotmail account with, I could not reclaim back my email and had to create a new email account... ): Reluctant, but had to do so. Now I have a Gmail account. But I want my gmail account to be just solely a backup where stuffs that disallow/discourages hotmail (for example, blogger) and encourages gmail, I won't be at a lost. 

If any of my friends are reading this post and need my new email, kindly comment on this post or drop me a SMS. Thanks(:

A lil' pissed; understatement. I'm officially pissed off. We're over. I did not cut this. YOU cut this. Suck it up.

OKAY, first of all, I'm super sick and tired of how I must tolerate you and your gang nonsense when everything you have against me are based from something I didn't do.

Wts? Seriously. Gosh.

You know after seating back and think it over. I found out how you were really treating me. Everything you did to ME. Was not based on what I did to YOU. But was base on what SHE did to YOU. And here you are trying to talk about me not being worth your time? Psh. Nuh-uh lady. It's not ME that it's worth YOUR time. It's YOU that aren't worth MY time.

Honestly, at that point, I was a little unsure about how the relationship between me and her will progress if me and you become friends. And the only end I can think is, me and her will separate. I think I most likely chucked that thought out of my mine, but when I told my mum about it, it came to me that it was unfair and totally stupid. You gave up on me for something that I did not even do. Which is worse? Not listening to your side of the story or you giving up on me for something I didn't do? And for your dear info, if you would see the situation? It was going to be worse if I asked you for your side of the story. Cause in the first place, your initial feud had NOTHING to do with ME. So if I asked you for YOUR side, wouldn't I come off as KPO?! Haven't you thought about that? No. You just kept on insisting that I was wrong for not listening to your side of the story. When in fact, if my opinion really did matter to you, you would ownself come and explain to me and not just simply decide on your own that I'm not "worth your time". Psh.

And then, the thing about indirect tweets? Well for your own beloved info dear, an indirect tweet is a tweet without a mention. So if I did not mention your bloody name, and you STILL think and believes firmly that I'm referring to you, then it only proves ONE thing - you are guilty. So please don't talk about my "insensitive indirect tweets". Like firstly, wts. Most of those tweets weren't even referring to you. So why you take it so personally? And apparently you just can't seem to understand the theory on being "subjective and not objective" (or is it opposite /: )

And throughout the whole bloody time, you just continually complaining to me about how SHE treats YOU. But when I ask you why did you ignore me, the only wrong I can see is the indirect tweets (which wasn't even about you). And for your info, those indirect tweets occurred after you ignored me for about 3weeks already making me so fed up with your attitude.

And when I tell you that you saying that you just ignoring me and saying that the reason wasn't me also hurt me. But you did not even bother to apologize.

So you know what? You don't deserve my time. You aren't worth it at all. She is worth it. When I'm down, she's there to pick me up. If you dare to ask me to pick between her and you, I will confidently tell you, I pick her. Unlike others, I don't give a shit about you. My life is not dictated by your actions. Since you say that "I'm not worth your time." then let me inform you something honey. YOU are not even worth a dime of my time.

So. Goodbye.

OH, and if you think that by your gang ignoring me shows how "powerful" you are, then that just shows how ignorant and immature you and your gang is. Seriously.

You don't deserve my time, respect or emotions. We're done.

A small ripple; an update!(:

Long time no blogggggggg! Well. Considering that I'm mostly at home and all, there's kind of very little thin that is worthy to blog.

HAHA! Kidding, the reason why I haven't been blogging for the past (how many) days was because I was just too lazy to type. Mainly due to the lack of drive. Yeah. Haha!

So today, I shall do a very short (or will it? *smirk) post on yesterday (8/9/12). So yesterday, was one of my ex-net leader's wedding. Honestly, I'm having minor mixed feelings. Well on one hand, I'm happy and super excited for her that she has found the guy of her dreams, the man that she wants to spend the rest of her life with. But on the other, I'm like "meh, you forgot me" seeing that I did not get an invitation. Well, it is probably expected since I'm no longer in VFC and whatever. Yeah, I know. So I feel kinda bad. But still, doesn't it sucks real bad when you are left out on such thing? Haha. Just shows how much you stand in their eyes. But then again. Also can understand. It's her wedding after all. It's an intimate celebration tht is the privilege only to family and close friends. (: anyways, with the bottom of my heart, Congratulations to my dearest ex-Net leader and her husband!(: May your wedding life be full of bliss, joy and peace. :DD
おめでとうございます~

Well, so anyway today was just a pretty lazy day of organizing my iTunes and surfing YouTube. And!!! ZOMG! This song,

♪ The Beginning - ONE OK ROCK

Lik, zomggggg! This song is like so awesomeeeeee! <3 fangirl95! Dk which is more awesome?! It being the theme song for the live action movie of Rurouni Kenshin (which had an IMDB rating of 9.7); or the song having such rough texture yet still keeping the cool factor. Okay. I just don't know how to describe it. But when I heard it, I was like... Gaaaaa *melts

HAHA! Both the movie and the song is a MUST (for me)! Totally in love with the song! And seeing how well reviews after reviews have praised the movie, I'm super looking forward and hoping for it to be aired in Singapore cinemas.

If the movie really is aired in Singapore, It will be a dream come true *starryeyes. HAHAH!

Okayokay, that will be all for now! This post is kinda' like a buffer so that the blog isn't THAT stagnant. (:

Well, that's all from me!
JYANNNNNN!
CHLOÉ(:

31st August - BGSS Teacher's Day cum 4E1'11 Class Reunion Lunch@Pizza Hut

4E1'11 Class Reunion Lunch at Bedok Interchange Pizza Hut

OH HELLO!

I knew it! I just knew that by posting on my laptop it will instantly change the way that the pictures are posted :DD TEEHEE! Ohwell, today I'm going to do one of my outstanding posts in my list. I know its not in correct order, but uh, whatever... HAHA! this is the post that I was suppose to blog on the 31st August.(: Yeps, you guessed it/saw it, its BGSS Teacher's Day Celebration cum Class Reunion Lunch with ze awesome 4E1'11 :DD HAHA! so without anymore dragging and formalities, lets begin the post :D

SOO, a little background of the events that led up to this day. So initially, it was supposed to be a dinner for the teachers (Teacher's Day Dinner). However, many teachers weren't that readily available for dinner unfortunately. Hence the dinner was scrapped and changed to a lunch instead since it was deduced that most of the Polytechnic students will return for the celebration concert and then the JC kids can join us for lunch! Well, that was the plan that stuck through... but through the whole time in between, there were no confirmed plans. Only until around night of 30th August was the message posted on Facebook that the reunion is still on and we will be meeting at BGSS at 9.00 or 9.30 cause they could not figure out what time the concert start.

Well, anyway, that's for the 'background info' of the outing. So on 31st August, I could have sworn I will definitely reach the school after 9.30am cause I woke up a little later than I have intended and was super freaked out. Well, kinda. HAHA! So initially, I was like, heck, I will slowly prepare for "school" since I'm well, already late (; but turns out, even with me preparing slowly for school, I still managed to reach school before 9.30am. Well, maybe it was partially due to the fact that the buses at 9 in the morning are faster than the buses at 6 in the morning. Well, makes sense cause at 9am, the crowd is pretty much dying down? Idk. That question is meant for SBS and not me... So, on to the topic... So while I was reaching the bus stop at the school back gate, I saw Guan Ning and Mark. And I was like, I gotta catch up with them. So when I alighted, I immediately walked as briskly and the same time gracefully as I could possibly do so with the song Rainbows by Alice Nine blasting in my ears. Well talk about some strut! :D LMAO.

Well, I did managed to catch up with Guan Ning and Mark as I met them at the school gate whilst registering. Really thank God! Will never know how it will turn out if I didn't meet Guan Ning cause I will most likely be like a ostrich and find some place to hide :x HAHA, but I did! Which is super awesome! That I met Guan Ning. We hung around at level2 outside the hall for awhile before realizing that Jolyn and Wei Ling are at the third storey the 'balcony' looking over the hall. So we went up there to meet them, although it wasn't allowed from what he guard say, we are only allowed at the hall and canteen... HAHA! Well, we 'bumped' into few students, teachers but they all said nothing, so we just continued seating there watching the horribly done concert.

Like watching this year's concert, I'm so thankful that I have already graduated and need not view this kind of crappy quality emcee-ing. Its really really horrible. Emcees are suppose to be capturing the audience attention and distract them from the little details that are happening on the stage. Which this year's Teacher's Day Concert emcees did not do and in fact did a super terrible job in! Like please, when the curtain is closing don't make a very dull statement and quickly say your next line and leave the stage and leave the stage empty with only the curtains slowly winding towards each other. You are supposed to distract the audience by talking as excitedly as possible so that they will not be able to realize so obviously that the curtains are closing. Really really face palm to the core. And if you look at the performers... bangs wall. Could they kindly have at least one relatively more 'professional' act? Gosh! And a 30 minutes concert? Goodness gracious... The concerts organizers only have one way to go now. Up. They can't go down any further.

Well, so that was pretty much how the concert "progressed" so to speak. Well, after the whole concert ended and stuff like that, we went to visit a few teachers... Well, actually, we just mainly hogged around Mrs Tan, our FAVOURITE English teacher that we all adored, station and just chatted. LOLOL

Miniature Class Photo with ze awesome English teacher - Mrs Tan Kim Mooi (who was wearing a wig!)

So after taking a few pictures, we decided to finally leave the staff room and go to the canteen where we gathered into groups and just chatted while waiting for time to just pass and for others to come and join us at school.

Girls of 4E1'11 that met up first at Bedok Green; and of course with a few onlooking boys... :B

Me and Laogong trying to do the iPhone-ception or something like that! HAHA! One of the better shots :D

全家福 - Jialiang, Chloe, Yvonne

Well, after waiting for awhile more, we finally made our way to Pizza Hut for lunch. Actually, there was a big debate on where to go as when we first called Pizza Hut, Pizza Hut said that it could not fit us all... So we decided to settle for Long Johns Silver which was beside Pizza Hut and have lunch instead. A few other places came into the discussion until the final verdict came in and it was said that Pizza Hut could squeeze us all in(: So we happily went to Pizza Hut and took up to 20 seats and ordered Student Meals (which offered us free flow of Pepsi :B)

Girls Table

Me and Laogong raving about our similar food choice! Lasagna

After eating and making alot of noise, we finally concluded our reunion lunch and all headed our individual ways...

Well, in mere conclusion... I thought that this was one of the more successful "unofficial" reunions consider that it was kind of like still a school day and the details were only confirmed last minute and we rendered near 50% attendance. However, obvious at it is, the clique is still present as little mix happened, well we were still in our little cliques and all... Also, it was a pity that there was a need to split up to the 2 groups and seat (although at close proximity) apart. This also made one group (which apparently was the girls group) had little bonding with the teacher. So for us, it was more of a reunion rather than a Teacher's Day Lunch... But I still think it was awesome and great. Really caught up with people that I really really love like Jia Liang and Yvonne. My 2 family dearest! HAHA! So instead of being grumpy and complainy about the reunion, I should be grateful to the organizers instead. So really thank you to Shu Hooi who planned this! :D

Will end this photo with my favourite picture for the entire day(:

Deja vu; Hubby-Wifey picture - Madness @PizzaHut

HAHA! I really adore this picture cause I felt like my smile was the most natural... OH! Something I learnt from Mr Brain! Do you know that you can't consciously smile naturally? Why? Lemme quote from Tsukumo Ryusuke; Mr Brain

"When people are in a situation where they want to smile, the brain's frontal lobe, the area connected to the heart, sends the command to the face, miraculously controlling about 50 muscles to create a natural smile. On the other hand, if you consciously try to smile, the order "Laugh! (or can also be translated as Smile!)" is given out by the motor system. But the muscles can't be controlled by force, so when you do it, your smile will be very stiff, right? So, to have a naturally cute smile, there's only one way. Smile unconsciously." - Tsukumo Ryusuke; Mr Brain

That means, that smiling is actually an action manifested by an emotion. So only when you are feeling the emotion of joy, than can a "natural nice" smile be shown. Hence, the saying which says that to give off a natural smile, one way is to think of an event that made you happy. Cause when you remember it, you will feel the happiness and joy hence making you smile unconsciously.

So this can also explain why candid shots are often nicer than planned shots. This is so as the person is unaware of the camera, as such the feeling and expression that is shown is the raw feelings and expression of the person. Hence, making the smile beautiful and radiant.

Well, this will sorta conclude my post on 31st of August (:
JYANNN!
CHLOÉ

P.s; Sorry for short post :x

Mr Brain /J-drama/

Whoosh!

Once again typing on my trusty but a little bothersome laptop... Haish...

Well, as your probably have already known from my previous few posts, School holidays are finally here! HAHA... so I mentioned that I have been spending my time organizing the files on my computer. Well, today, I did not really do that... In fact, what I really did was to complete the entire season 1 of Mr Brain! HAHA! okay, now that is partially true. Out of a total of 8 episodes, I've completed 7 episodes in less than a day! Biggest accomplishment thus far (I believe...)

Mr Brain is simply a really brilliant drama with just the correct amount of teary moments, spine tingly moments, humorous moments and the right amount of chemistry between the main characters. Simply beautiful! Also, who can ever forget the Original Sound Tracks (OST)? Everything is so well written! From the plot to the musics. Brilliant! It can so totally beat any of those cheesy cliche Korean drama ANY day. Props to the directors, producers and actors for such a brilliant piece of drama. HAHA! Okay, now this is really just my personal stand. And seeing how poor the quality the dramas shown in Singapore, this kind of standard is really mind blowing! I mean the relationship between the characters are able to hint to the viewer that something might JUST bloom, but during the entire course of the show, nothing ever progress (as far as it can be seen on the screen), but the show continuing hinting it just that no actual evidence is shown that there is something actually going on. The drama is super focused on what it is suppose to be showing which is solving the case instead of showing and investing screen time on those nonsensical, unnecessary romantic fluff (something that I really like about Japanese dramas). As such, the drama is not only up-paced and not draggy but also super juicy.

Now, at first, I was reluctant to start on the drama although I heard pretty good comments about it. Now why is that so? Cause just like other normal teenager, I was only interested in dramas that the idol I adore is acting in. And looking at Mr Brain, at the current moment, I wasn't really into ANY of the characters (at that moment, and still do, I'm insane over Toda Erika and Matsumoto Jun) so I gave it a pass. But recently, I started to watch more dramas that don't have them acting in and also listened to more musicians and slowly, I got hooked to KAT-TUN (specifically Kamenashi Kazuya) and Gackt. And through the wheels of fate, I saw a snippet of an episode of Mr Brain that featured Gackt as a cannibal who after killing his victim would sever their limbs and eat it. He was, however, soon apprehended and brought to prison for his trial and all. And one of the scenes that was shown was that during his psychiatric examination, the examiner(?) asked him why do he consume human flesh, and he casually replied

"WHY do you eat beef?"

and then stabbed the examiner's hand with the pen. And while the examiner was yelling in obvious pain, Gackt pounced on him. After that, it was shown that Gackt tried to bite the fingers off several guard till they had to put some weird mask on him when he was out of his cell. After which, it was said that Gackt bit off his fingers. During his execution, when asked for any last words, he just said (sadistically)

"I'll be called back from the dead (laughs) I will kill you all and come feast upon your flesh (side glance to an officer) I will definitely be reborn"

 Sad to say, Gackt somehow really fit that character! I was super intrigued by how well he fit the role, but still that did not serve as a motivation to make me watch the drama. So I just breezed past it. Today, I finally came upon the very same video, and this time, I felt like perhaps I should watch the drama, especially since the episodes are so conveniently uploaded on Youtube in running order with FULL English subtitles (because I still can't understand Japanese yet). So I begun on the episode that featured Gackt, episode 2 which dictated about the "reappearance" of Gackt (playing the role of Takegami Tejiro) fingerprints and style of crime 3 years after his execution making many believe that he had indeed resurrected from the dead (like what he promised before he was executed) especially since the deceased was those who was related to the seemingly 4th case that Gackt did. However, it soon was proven that Takegami Tejiro did not resurrect. The crimes were committed by another person who was indirectly related to the "4th murder". So after that episode end, while it was rolling the 'ending credits' and the preview to the next episode, guess who I saw? Kamenashi Kazuya! Instantly I knew that I had to watch the 3rd episode, which when I did, it seriously blew me away. After episode 3, I saw how interesting episode 4 looked. And I begun on episode 4. The case in episode 4 did not end at episode 4, it pulled into half of episode 5 and slowly slowly, I was so drawn into the whole drama that I just can't stop. It was so full of excitement and FRESH ideas. Seriously. All the crime were either well planned, or just way too complicated for a normal person to figure out. Even when you THINK you know the motive and everything, they will somehow always be able pull out their Ace card from their sleeves and laugh at you as you see (with your jaw drop) the real truth unravel. Marvelous story!

And to add to their ingenuity, every episode starts with either an "experiment" which will in one way or another lead to the eventual solving of the crime. Brilliant thinking and it really demonstrates how knowledgeable the writer of the show is!

Not to forget the Original Sound Track (OST)! It is beautifully written and composed. Especially those composed/chosen specially for episode 4 and first half of 5! Those were uber breath taking. Not only the actor that acted his part as a pianist with memory disorder but also the pieces that he "composed". I find it really a pity that none of those songs can be found on Youtube or Google/: its really such a pity... Or is it that I'm not searching hard enough? Either way, I'm a little disappointed...): ... *le sigh*

Anyway, as this is not suppose to be a summary of the show, I will not type out explicitly what will happen therefore no spoilers. However, I'm super tempted to do so! HAHA. We'll see how it goes (: I MIGHT most probably write a short write up per episode just to keep my typing skills and English skills up to standard(: LOLOL, regardless, I would highly recommend EVERYBODY to watch this drama at least once through. Not that I want to boast, but when it comes to detective dramas, Japan is really able to capture the feel of suspense in it! Highly recommend everybody who comes upon this post to watch it whenever possible(:

Well, that will really conclude this post on Mr Brain! Hopefully there will be a season 2 to this awesome series :D

JYAN!
CHLOÉ

"Science is born out of instinct. (PAUSE) Basically, it's evidence that has been added on the foundation of instinct" - Tsukumo Ryusuke; Mr Brain episode 8.

Worship Practice! _ for the month of September!

Okay, actually. I have really no idea why I'm gonna blog about this... But well... Maybe I'm just too lazy to re-read my previous posts (I wonder why...) HAHA. WELL, since I'm gonna use by laptop to type the post on those outstanding posts, so I will like just blog about today's worship practice.

Well, I don't think I have mentioned this. But if I have, then awesome. Not, I will just mention it now. I'm part of the youth worship team. Although I'm not really an active member in the youth ministry. Ironical, but true! HAHA! So what happened was really like an open door.

Cause from I think secondary 2, I was super drawn to the worship ministry. But just that I was afraid to actually step up. And also I did not really think that I was prepare enough to serve the Lord. Also it was the timing issue. Haha! So anyways, that was really how I felt then. The drawing towards the ministry did not end. But it was always sort of like not the correct timing. So I did not join the worship ministry. (Actually all this is a domino effect. But shall save it for another time). So how I actually joined the worship team was through an invitation from one of the leaders, Kenneth. And because before that, my mum was also saying about me going into the worship ministry (not team) so when it was offered, it immediately came to me that this is the correct time. And I accepted it without hesitation. And through this, the promise that I felt God put in my life that through my time in worship, the floodgates of heaven will open and pour his presence over the church , is slowly slowly being fulfilled. And it's super amazing and beautiful to see his plan over my life and for the church being unraveled slowly but surely. Through this worship journey, though short, but I really find it super fulfilling and encouraging. It encourages me to continue trusting in God even though at the current moment, the promises presented are hard to believe that it will come true, but still trust and put your faith in him. For his word will never return void. (:

Okay, so this is briefly how I entered te youth worship team :DD.

So today, actually I don't really need to attend the practice cause I'm not going to be at main service during the 5th Sunday. Cause on the 5th Sunday, the kids ministry will be celebrating Children's Day. And so me and Eugene both agreed that the kids will be very happy if their teachers (including me cause I'm teaching for this 2months) are there to celebrate it with them. So I'm like okay can. So I song be on the worship team for this months 5t Sunday. So initially I did not really want to go for practice. But then later, I'm like okay. Go there accompany Tiffany. That's why I went(: HAHA!

So we practiced 2 songs. And just skimmed through the other 2 songs. So in total there is 4songs. The 2 songs that they practiced, I knew the songs so they were kinda like easy. But the other 2 songs I wasn't that familiar. But still managed to cope with it!(;

Yah, this is really all that I can say! HAHA! What 4 songs were chosen...? I only can remember Come Holy Spirit, Here in your Presence and Jesus Come (or is it Come Jesus?)

Yah... So we first hear the song how it sounds like, then we will try it ourself. The songs chosen are in my comfort zone. So I'm pretty okay with it(; sadly I'm not able to join them for 5th Sunday. But hopefully me being with them during practice will give them moral support(:

OHH! Somehow it's always hinted that my voice is like the one that just somehow cannot be blended with the team /: maybe I'm over sensitive or what. But yah. /: idk. Cause I sing relatively higher than the rest of the team.../: is that why my voice can't blend? Cause my voice is relatively rounded leh. So I can't figure out how my voice can't blend. >< cause during prayer they got once said that pray that we will understand that worship is not about the individual but how we sound as a whole... /: and the only individual that has a audible round sound is... Me.

Well that is just an assumption. Might not be referring to me. HAHA! Well, I'm kind of like looking forward to the vocal training that will be on pretty soon. Yah! HAHA!

I still have 3 posts outstanding. Will try to post them soon. Will see how it goes!

Till the next post!
Jyaaaaaan!
CHLOÉ

BUSY WEEK?! :O

OH HAI!

This week was insane. I swear. HAHA! But also at the same time, it was super duper über excitedly fun! So the first 2 days of the week (Monday & Tuesday) were my exam days and I think I had prolly already blogged about it :O

*looks back* yes, I did! HAHA! But that was only part 1 right? I still have part 2 owing which is mainly about the after party(: so yeah, that will be up soon(:

Anyway, Wednesday and Thursday were rather normal days, jus slacking at home enjoying life, of course(: helped mummy prepare the ingredients for vegetable curry and whnever possible, try to spend time with my mum.(:

During this 2 days, my laptop remained on. Cause recently I have been trying to organize the stuff that I download from my phone to my laptop or vice versa. Cause it tends to be so messy. So I really need to clear it up and organize. Another reason is due to the fact that my memory space on my iPhone is dwindling until I can't download any new songs /: so that was basically my "work". My images are more or less already organized properly (I think...) but my mp3 files are like zomg...): it's super hard to organize them. Okay. Maybe I did not really have much problem with the ORGANIZING... But it's like super hard cause somehow, iTunes sometimes is unable to read my requests and perform appropriately... Like one example was like after I completed one round of editting the mp3 file datas (e.g: album, album art, year etc.) I sync my phone. After syncing was done, I went to check my library. And guess what? I had like several repetitions of songs. Okay, they weren't really replicas. But it's like one copy will be the outdated version. And the other is the updated version /: so it really gave me some problem /:

Anyway! Yesterday (Friday, 31Aug) was a pretty eventful day! Went back to my alma mater, Bedok Green Secondary to view the Teacher's Day Concert, visit some teachers and also at the same time, have a tiny reunion(; I will talk about this in a later post, meanwhile, I will try to satisfy your appetite by sharing a (very failed) group shot taken after lunch at pizza hut.

Today (Saturday, 1Sept) was an equally eventful day! Cause we finally had our first official chorale outing! Where did we go? We went to GBTB! - Gardens by the Bay which is somehow nearer to Bayfront compared to Marina Bay O___o I think. Haha! Well anyway, today was super fun! Had food, games and finally, a flash mob. Yeah, you read correctly! We did a flash mob at Gardens by the Bay. Talk about awesomeness at its peak! HAHA! Great time of bonding with le Famiglia(: and once again, the outing to GBTB will live posted at a later point in the month/week. So do look forward to it. (:

So that's all for the updates of this week, 26Aug to 1Sept. :DD

Outstanding Posts:
1) 28Aug - Part2
2) 31Aug - Teacher's Day cum Reunion
3) 1Sept - TPChorale@GBTB

Hugs 'n' Kisses,
CHLOÉ