Handing over..

I realised I blog like once a month.. Like predicted.. Life is always v. packed for me.. v. fulfilling..

Aft my concert, I had been busy working on my projects, assignment and catching up with studies..

On fri, handed over the dance comm to our dear juniors.. so fast.. handling e comm for one yr..
It had been of great pleasure to be in the comm.. n i've realli learnt a lot when handling admin stuff for dance production..
Now, the next decision is whether to be in e next concert.. dancing is my passion.. n i'll nv give it up as long as i can still dance.. no matter wat kind of dance.. which dance grp.. i found it to be so strong when my parents n my dear opposed me to continue in synergy.. I know it's b'cos of e timing.. prac always end late.. n they're worried abt me coming home late..

Next year, 2008, will be synergy's 30th yr anniversary.. i'd definitely wan to be in tis production.. aso i found myself liking choreography.. maybe for next yr mar concert.. i'd try to do so again.. I find that there is no such thing as "quitting dance".. i can also go back n dance..

Of course, objectively speaking.. if i dun join e dance concert.. i'd have so much time to do other stuff.. yes.. there're always a lot of things for me to do.. n then they always tell me to concentrate on some of them to make them good.. hm.. hard decisions tt i dun wan to make..

April will be an exam prep cum exam mth.. I muz work hard!!! show actual proof!!! Sometimes i'm tinking we shldn't study for e sake of exams.. education is a privilege.. we ought to make full use of it.. n appreciate it..

Ganbatei to myself!!

Rough Cuts..

It's like 2 days aft my dance performance..
It was realli a gd experience.. though at times u felt like giving up to ur own exhaustation..
It always feel good to be on stage.. it's always fun at e backstage..

At certain point, I felt like giving up dancing.. at least for a sem to concentrate on my other stuff...
But again.. i dun feel like leaving e synergy family.. it's realli v heart-warming to see alumni coming back
for our performance.. supporting in one way or another..
In a way, what i feel now is tt we've built synergy in a way.. I'd wan to c e club grow n advance to a
even greater heights, like wat e alumni felt.. It's tis ties that kept me going in synergy..
Also, a part of me still love modern dancing.. tis passion is like a flowing river.. it nv stops..

As anticipated, my 2007 will be a v busy yr.. where my days r packed fully.. time has to be used in a value creative way..
I must breakthru in all my struggles!!!

Jan n feb passed like a breeze.. but it was an eventful 2 months when i had lots of new experiences n challenges..
Mar-May got to be a period of intense studying.. at least, to revise something whenever i've e time.. My CAP has been improving since sem 1.. It'll have to go up tis sem too! Breakthru.. breakthru... BREAKTHRU!!!!

Think globally, act locally!

The theme for students' division 23rd anniversary realli hits me..
It portrays the expectation n mission of the students' division.. To grow to be "global citizens"..
I really felt it was a good way of celebrating this anniversary with the panel sharing..

It kind of let me reflect upon a lot of things.. getting a new perspectives on things..

Sometimes, it's not easy for us to believe that we possess the potential to create the change that we want..

I still remember Dr Carter saying: "You're the world. Don't talk about the world as if it's outside you. Be the change that you want!"

This is also in line with Daisaku Ikeda's, my mentor in life, vision on human revolution..
"A change in a single individual's life can change the society and eventually the world."
World peace sounds like a far-away concept.. but if we continue to view it as if it's outside us, we can nv achieve it!!

I think i've realised aft e sd ann.. is that.. we need to know what is going around in the world.. we need to look at the bigger picture instead of being occupied in our own world.. hence, studying comes into the picture.. reading gives rise to understanding..

I feel that we often do things without thinking much about the meaning behind doing it..

Like studying..

In singapore, we're so fortunate that education is v much available n in high quality for us.. yet, many a times, we fail to see what is the true purpose of education.. it might nt be e most perfect system we can have i might say.. but being able to received education.. esp tertiary education is a privilege that nt everyone can get..

I've learned frm ikeda sensei.. that education is for the purpose to helping those who cannot afford education.. I'd always ask myself.. "For what purpose, do i study?".. n it realli helps to refresh my determination to realli get the best out of the education i'm receiving..

Eventful year..

Time realli flies.. esp wen u r packed wif a lot of things to do..

Jan 2007 was realli eventful..

1st 2 weeks, I had a few outings wif my friends.. I'd like to meet up wif them more often..
But time is realli v tight.. =p

Anyway, I took up a lot of projects.. challenges..
1) Choreographing a dance together wif my friend for e mar concert..
2) Do up a video for the students' division anniversary..
3) Spearhead the campus connection for north region ywds together wif my fellow comrades..
4) Role as emcee for voice of spring'07 performance

I foresee feb'07 as another round of exciting events and challenges..
21 feb.. going Family service centre as part of my social work assessment.. we meeting "real clients"!!!
23 feb.. IMH visit..
25 feb.. Emceeing voice of spring performance @ jurong west community library n esplanade concourse..
Chinese new yr!!!
Intensive rehearsals for my dance concert..

Arrhhh.. Super duper busy gal.. Plus muz squeeze time to study n compose songs..

It's rather tiring at times.. but sometimes, i keep asking myself.. why do i need to get so busy?
It's nonetheless to challenge n polish myself.. Youth is the time for growth and development..
I believe that when opportunities are presented to you, you shld take it up..
Cos u nv know when there'll be such opportunities coming again..

Sometimes, i realli hope that life stays at this age.. Though busy, i'm kind of enjoying myself too..
There're so many changes.. time when u've to let go n go outside ur comfort zone..

Okay.. enuff for now.. I shall go get slp.. Dance prac tmr morning..

zzzzzzz.....zzzzzzz...

Piggy princess going off to dreamy land..

Now is e time!!! Fresh start..

Well.. it's almost 1am on a tue morning.. i'm still nt asleep..
suddenly realised tt i've lots of things to do.. but still undone..

It's feel good to be in sch.. no more slacking n money spending..
tis holiday was realli a super slack one.. n i bought quite a lot of stuff tt can let me survive thru new yr..
3 pairs of shoes, 3 jackets, 2 tops, 1 dress, 1 pants..
dec was also a mth of great movies.. went out for movies almost every wkend n public holz..

Not spending money is one thing.. but i found tt i'm stagnant in quite a lot of stuff..
one thing.. i'm nt catching up wif wat's happening ard e world.. as i haven't been reading e papers for
a long time..

So nw is realli e time for me.. nt onli to reflect.. but for ACTIONS.. Actions speak louder than words..
So end of 'thinking' n 'reflecting' period.. but more ACtion!!!!

Finally tidied up some stuff on e dance Siwei, meilan n i r working on.. tmr gonna teach junior..
it's quite a great feeling to come up wif our own dance.. =)

Gonna recharge myself for another challenging day!!!

Wonderful memories...

It had been quite a long time since i last posted my blog..

It had been an eventful period of time.. Now everything had sort of come to e end.. at least a rest..
Now is e time to reflect n recharge in all aspects of my life..

23 Dec (yesterday)
It was e first time i joined trinity competition.. organised by lws music sch..
e finals was held last evening.. i didn't even feel it was a competition.. felt it was a performance..

All e finalists' songs r v nice.. wif so many rehearsal n stuff.. i even knows e melody by heart..
so backstage.. i was like humming e songs.. cos mine was e 2nd item..

My item was fine.. juz zuo en, my backup vocalists' mic suddenly low batt.. so in e end e backup vocal cannt be heard..
so 'ke xi'.. we practised so hard.. wif e backup voice, my song sound nicer..

I tink i screwed up e interview part.. wrong questions for me.. =p

Wat really surprised me was e results of e competition.. e lyrist for me song won e best lyrist award!!!
It actualli look simple.. but e judges like its simplicity.. so can understand e lyrics by listening to e song..

e entire process of preparing for e finals was a great learning experience for me.. it made me explore more
on arranging e song accompliment, plus backup voice etc.. learning to work wif diff ppl.. lyrist, vocalist..
great to win some audience for my song too.. a few of them like my song!!! =) i tink tt is e most rewarding thing
for a composer.. got to know a few more friends who r passionate abt music too.. e comments frm e judges made
me feel as if i have had a lesson learnt.. i'm already quite glad wen e judges mention abt my song during e comments..
cos i feel tt a good song will leave impression on e listener..

Wif all these inconspicuous gains, even if we did nt receive any rewards, we r a winner in our v own way!! e effort of
improving.. taking a step forward is wat makes us wat we r nw..

Looking forward, there's still a lot of aspects of music tt i can seek to improve.. like in arranging a music, style of music..
(gonna try more stuff other than sentimental ones), do more exploration in music, like catching chords of songs..

Yesterday, dad n i was discussing.. whether i wan to take up other course like music arrangement or singing.. hehe..
dad had agreed to let me go learn singing.. haha.. but i still find lws course v ex..

Jiayou to myself!!! =)

Wonderful memories II..

Since e events during tis period was so memorable.. i decided to do a little reflection on them.. =)

19 dec
Went for lester's chalet at downtown east yesterday..
planned to have bbq.. but u know.. it's rainy season..
so in e end, we decided to microwave e food.. haha.. interesting outing rite?

guess it's b'cos of e rain, quite a no. of ppl who say they'll be there r nt..
so left wif 11 of us.. i like small grp though.. more bonding..

I feel tt student division is realli a big grp of family.. it's realli where we can forge sense
of comradeship.. n share our struggles..

18 dec
Though i just came back frm camp e previous day, i still can't resist going out..
haha... went shopping wif my maybank friends.. bought a new pair of covered wedges..
v nice.. n cheap.. got free mbr-card somemore.. hahah..

aft tt went to watch 'happy feet' wif dear.. it's quite a nice show..
though it's juz an animation movie.. but i tink there're some msgs it wan to convey..
some issues to tink abt.. like hw human r actualli disrupting their lives.. e working of diff societies etc..
haha.. since wen i become a movie analyser.. haha.. but tt's juz wat i tot of aft e show..

Some thoughts struck me, esp aft e show, tt we shld do our part to help e env.. though i've an ambition to
do up a music sch.. i also wanted v much to be in e helping profession or in e educating sector..
juz anything tt will directly or indirectly benefit others in their lives.. tt's one of e reason i chose psychology as my major..
But for now.. there's still a long way to go.. i tinking of picking up volunteer work along e way in my uni life..

16-17 dec
I left dance camp for e ssa student division kenshu (camp)..
the 1st thing was a study exam.. din realli had much time to study.. n tried v hard to overcome my slpiness..

Throughout e short camp, we had mostly faith-training sessions wif our seniors.. they shared some pointers, as well as their own experience.. we wrote down our resolution for 2007 n some of my fellow friends shared their resolutions..

was realli encouraged by e whole camp n aso e resolutions set by some of my friends.. setting specific goals n working towards will gives us a sense of direction n determination to take a little, yet significant step forward..

It was a refreshing n recharging camp for me.. aft e dance camp n e exams..

Life is a constant struggle.. but we r nt controlled by our fate.. we can create good causes for e future..
we r in control!! What makes a victorious life is nt wealth, status, position.. it's e spirit to keep on trying regardless of
hw many times we've failed, to overcome every difficulty wif high life condition, to have e compassion to help others be happy too.. Buddhism taught me to be strong.. to become a better person than i was e day b4.. human revolution is wat we call.. a change of inner self in all aspects..

"Never compare yourself to others, but yourself e day before."