Friday, February 25, 2011

I did watch.



Promised myself that I won't watch a single bit of American Idol this year just because Simon Cowell is not in the judging panel anymore.

Well, you can't stop the family from watching. =O

They're addicted to reality shows just like me.

Started off watching this season with the auditions. The best part about American Idol, and any other singing competition, is the auditons. People who sign up for this are just so, WEIRD! You get cool people and hot people. And then there are those who don't really look good, but perform good. Then comes those who are 'the whole package' outside, but can't hit a single note. Some just want to be on tv, some lack of personality, and some just have nothing better to do on a Wednesday morning.

Season 10, is no doubt, one of the seasons that found many hopefuls during the auditions. I find this year different compared to the other seasons because there were many young, and talented people who joined in this competition. Not fogetting the panel of NEW judges. Steven Tyler from Aerosmith. Their song which plays on the radio 43 times a day. Jennifer Lopez, a person that I look up to and Randy Jackson, the senior of all the judges this year, GO DAWG!


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They're now at the stage where they choose their top 24. So far I think that they're choices are not that bad. Those that I didn't really enjoy watching are out, and those whom I love to see in the finals had made it through...


Except for this man..


Meet Chris Medina.

I bet this guy touched many hearts during the audtions, even the judges. If Simon Cowell was on the show I totally think he would salute this man.

You see, Chris Medina was just a normal guy, who loves music and was in love with a girl named Juliana. And they were going to start a life together. Until one day, Juliana got into an accident. So sad. Juliana's brain was badly damaged and she now cannot really speak, and has to sit in a wheel chair.

Chris didn't leave her, you know. He stood by her and made himself responsible to her. He takes care of her and continues to love her, and support her.

His singing is like, super good. But he didn't make the cut. So sad. Even JLo cried because she was the one who delivered the bad news to him. I think I'd cry too. How can you tell a man who is so kind hearted that he didn't make it, even if he's so good?!


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Cheer up Mr. Medina!! Because your days of glory won't be over so soon. You have a girl to take care of, and a voice to share with people. Continue singing!!!


You don't really have to be the top 24 to be famous...

just like this, another guy =O

Last year, a normal Asian dude who's living in the US decided that he'd join American Idol. During the audition, I think he was good but not really good. In Hollywood, he was getting better but I still wasn't really fond of him. hehehe. I think I was into Tim Urban at that time, and Didi Benami.

In the end, I think he got into the top 36 and didn't make it after that.

So sad. But he didn't give up. After that, John Park, who's a Korean returned to his motherland to pursue his dreams of becoming a singer. He joined a local reality show in Korea and TAADAH!!!!!


He's now a superstar.

Unbelievable? It CAN happen. You just cannot give up and continue striving for what you wand (: If this guy can make it, I'm sure others out there can too =D

I'm inspired by these two men. Chris, because he is always there for Juliana, the one he loves no matter what and John, for he believes in himself and pursues his dreams.


Tuesday, February 22, 2011

I can't I can't I can't

Test is in two weeks. They have just changed the timetable. Holidays are coming. I'm addicted to 2PM's I can't. It has been a month. I want to learn it on the guitar. Want to learn B2st's Beautiful's dance moves.


And I have to study (:

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Money money

Oh crap. Now I realized that being the treasurer of certain clubs in school is not at all fun. Especially when you need to handle a lot of money, and that the teacher-in-charge keeps asking me to pay the bill, and that he/she isn't in school anymore =O

The thing is now that many students have not paid the amount to me yet, and I don't think I can get it done by this week, but he's coming this Saturday to collect the money. Did I tell you that 1 t-shirt is gone? So one innocent girl hasn't got the t-shirt that she ordered, and now we couldn't find it, and I have to give up MY t-shirt for that girl?

Yesterday I was really in the bad mood after kokum, I literally wanted to smash across a wall, and my face was obviously black as BBQ coal. I just felt that I hadn't dealt with the situation well, and that I actually failed myself. I thought that I will be able to do a good job, but this thing happened...

I really was going to blow. I didn't even want to go to wushu practice that night. I wasn't in the mood. And I know that I was rude towards ma, and Nick. SORRY! I sucked up everything and prayed. It calmed me for a while, but everything started flooding back into my mind again. ISH. Decided to go for practice, brought along the geek specs with me.

Took of the fake lenses of the geek specs in the car, wanted to release some of my tension through breaking something. Wore that huge geek specs to practice..

And after that, after seeing all those kids in wushu, I just felt something lifted away from me. For that few seconds, I actually found peace with myself. I actually forgotten those crap that happened to me in the afternoon. Although thoughts came in once in a while, it was quick enough to fade.

Yesterday was tough, I was hard on myself. That's all. I think I still have some things to learn about myself, I still have room for improvement in terms of my temper, and how I manage things. I guess it was a lesson learnt....

Friday, February 11, 2011

CNY post

Chinese New Year was different for me this year, or perhaps for my whole family. We had to celebrate CNY this year without my mahmah, because she passed away last year. Chinese New Year was, to me, waking up in the morning, going to Thanksgiving service in church and then going down to mahmah's place. Squeezed in the not-so-big house, relatives from the matured to the infants, gather and share the love and joy during this day. We have the usual vegetarian dish, the tea ceremony, and a few rounds of black jack or mahjong. The gathering was never quiet, the house is filled with laughter, the sound of cards shuffling, and munching of prawn crackers. What the children (like me) really anticipated were the angpaus given by our aunts and uncles (:

After mahmah's place, we usually visit my cousin's grandma's place which is located nearby. We normally have lunch there and hang out with them. We normally hand around there until the evening, and then head home.

On traditional manners, families usually visit the family of their mother on the second day of the CNY. Same goes to us. Kung and Po normally have their open house on their second day. Being their granddaughter, I am normally there in the morning to help. The second day is spent with my two grandparents, ma's family, pa's family as they are also invited, neighbours, family friends, and cute cousins. This is a eat-non-stop day for me as the food prepared never fail to let your saliva slide down your chin.

We usually visit our family friends, or friends of my parents on the third day onwards. Visiting open houses are frequent too.

And then, we pack our bags, leaving our angpaus behind, and go back to school with panda eyes and a flabby tummy.


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This year, we didn't go down to mahmah's place (the house which my youngest uncle is living in with his own family). We did have the vegetarian dish, did eat prawn crackers and played cards.

Kung and Po did not have their open house this year because they've decided to celebrate CNY in KL, since their children (my aunts and uncles) are not coming back because they holidays are short.

No visiting family friends either.

Like I said, it was DIFFERENT. Different in a sense that I felt a huge part of CNY has been taken away from me. Why?

That's because we, as a family, didn't gather around as a family to celebrate this important occasion. We spent it with a few of them, but not all of them, and the feeling is just totally different.I don't feel the sense of togetherness, neither do I feel the joy that we once shared.



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Thankfully, I had friends that were so generous that they let me in their houses during CNY. (: Or else I will be bored to death/stuffing butter cookies into my mouth at home ALONE watching American Idol replays.


Went to Audrey's house CNY Day 2

Picture taken at Audrey's grandma's place. It's a nice village house with very big land. And tasty food (:
From left: Franson, Audrey, Siaw, Mei Kwan, Shnwei, Marie, me. Huang's the one covering his face with an iphone, and that tall dude's Ronny.
He's one head taller than all of us =OOOO


The guests invited. haha. Missing Xin Si and Tam Kang in the picture.


Oh, there's Audrey!
*What's wrong with my hand?!


Spent the third day at Marie's place.
Pictures in her blog.


Fourth day at Joey's place. How sweet of her to invite me.
*This was also a reunion (of some sort) with Reuben. lmaoo

Group photo. All girls one dude. lmaoo



Oh! the poses..



Back row attempting to jump but failed miserably.
0 timing bahh...


Reuben and I.
I look so @#$% with that smile. Was laughing like mad before they snapped this picture because I was helping the others take their individual shots with Reuben. He superstar lah that day. haha


*Most of the pictures are taken with the self-timer on my camera that is totally the BOMB! My camera has its flaws but the self-timer which can take up to 10 shots at one time is totally the best thing ever installed into it! I know many of the other cameras also have it but.. I JUST LOVE MINE!!!! =P

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Xin Mao

Ah. Happy Chinese New Year everyone!! Today's only the first day and it's sssooooooo quiet ==" Probably because ma's siblings didn't come back, po and kung are going to KL, and all of us are lazy. hahahaha

Our dinner last night. Ma cooked. First time we had CNY eve dinner at our place. haha

Happy Chinese New Year!! (: