passion: singing

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

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hmm ... it's been such a busy CNY holiday season.

had visiting last week ... my relatives ... had reunion dinners. well, it seems i feel more festive about cny this yr ... (but so not the cny concert). it was rather dull new year this year though ... i was complaining to my parents that i've made a 50% loss over last yr's amount ... but now, it has since dropped to 30%?? hehe ...

haha ... im so happy to hear that my idol CARRIE UNDERWOOD won a Grammy (for this category, second year running) for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for her anthem-hit Before He Cheats!! well, i guess u won't know about her much, do you? but anyways, the song also won the songwriters another grammy for Best Country Song. she also performed it on stage!

anyways, I was thinking through about my album ... and to inform everyone ... my next single ... the fourth from my sophomore album will be coming out very soon ... most probably next month ... March! Look out for it ... together with an Unplugged, No-background-music, vocal-only recording of the song. My favourite and ppl's fav song off the album. the recording was recorded back in 2006 or 2007 ... and i sound totally different in that one ... maybe i should re-record it... heh ... don't forget to download it off my website ...

cya ... (lots of projects to do...)

M!©HæĹ at 9:08 PM

Tuesday, February 05, 2008

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well, it has truly been some time since i last blogged about my eventful life. it has smooth so far and I pray I can keep up with this pace ...

first of all was the highlight of jan ... the LDP to M'sia (again). at first, i thot it was gonna be another boring malaysia oep which has nothing nice but food. but i was proved wrong. before i set off, i prayed to God to help me see light in this trip. and i truly did.

there were so many beautiful and strange things that happened. when we stayed at the ipoh hotel, my roommate and i were about to sleep ... when we heard noises coming in from the connecting door. we eavesdropped (too bad people!) and realised that it was those half-past-6 tour guides. they were discussing out-of-the-ordinary stuff (or at least to us) ... like about teachers and students. it was because of this ongoing discussion that interrupted my roommate's sleep ... and he slept only at like 2am while i was like in concussion alr!

then we had like the highlight of the whole trip - whitewater rafting. it was real fun. even to the canoeists. but unfortunately, my favourite+exp. nike watch got sorta spolit because of that ... but it's a fun experience anyways. i would wanna go for it again if i had the chance. getting stuck in between rocks and almost falling off the boat made the ride exhilarating and totally NERVE WRECKING.

fast forward 1 week later ... the CANOE MARATHON @ KALLANG (Marina reservoir ... that's what they call it ...). a total crazy adventure ... embarking on 14km alone in a C1 is not the last thing u wanna rmb. however, i did managed to do all the crazy stuff like blocking other ppl's way as a strategy for the marathon (like everyone knows that...).

then, when it was down to the final 3.5km, it became very very exciting. there was like this hwa chong boat (whom i previously thot was a secondary sch boy) ... we were both racing ... neck to neck ... sticking next to each other, even with waves and wind from all directions. finally, i managed to block out that boat ... so I thot i was like 6th, 7th, 8th position or sth ... since so many boats were far ahead of me (that was what i thot). then, suddenly got 2 boats pass by me (which in fact, i was in 3rd position before they passed me). they had like so much energy left and had good control of their boat, while i was panicking with the wind charging at my face. then, at the prize presentation ceremony, when they called out for 5th position C1 ... i was so stunned to learn that it's my name! cldn't react proper ... and had like 10 sec stunned-moment.

now it's back to school again ... and speaking of which, the teachers had piled us up with lots of homework ...
1) Chinese oep proj, 2) Geog coursework proj, 3) Adv Maths, 4) study for physics CT, 5) study for chinese CT, 6) read up for IHS, 7) written commentary on sacrifical egg, 8) Chem w/s, 9) ISO and CMPS stuff to settle

it;s starting all over again ...

M!©HæĹ at 10:39 PM