My life as a uni student

Memories in the closet

2009-08-05T09:48:00.003+08:00

Recently...being at home with mom = cleaning different parts of the house

This time it was my closet...

For ages, my closet has been packed with clothes (Nicki said there were enough clothes to clothe a small village) ...i never did understand why, because i'm not the kind that goes shopping every other week and buy tons of clothes..

in fact, i can count the number of new clothes i buy each year....

Countless times i have been asked to clean my closet and i have, but everytime, after taking out many clothes i still have tons of clothes in there, they seem never able to get less...

So this time, determined to really give it a good cleaning...

i took out all of the clothes and went through them one by one....

I looked through my clothes and discovered the reason why there are still so many clothes in my closet...believe it or not....i kept most of those clothes because of the story behind them...

Its hard to believe, but yea...i'm a sentimental person...looking through the clothes...i really remembered every story behind the clothes, and also when it was bought, where it was bought, who gave it to me and all...

It was like, Nickleback's song "Photograph" kind of feeling going through that pile of clothes (just that most of the normal people really do go through the photographs rather than clothes)

It was like each shirt had its own story...

Couldn't believe it but i still had clothes that i bought 10 years ago, and some i'm still wearing.

Clothes that was given to me for my birthday and i didn't want to ruin it so i never wore, and also clothes that i love so much that even though its discoloured i also dont want to throw away.

Clothes that were bought at camps, clothes that i bought with different groups of friends.

It really was like flipping through a photo album and remembering all the silly things we used to do...

As much as i would really love to hold on to all these items that has a memory attached to them...its time to let it go...memories can be fun, but sometimes it can be a load of baggage...

and aslo it takes up space for new things to come in...

like in the song written by Kenny Rogers "The Gambler"

he sings "every gambler knows, the secret to survival, is knowing what to throw away, and knowing what to keep"

Well i'm not a gambler..but i think that it kinda makes sense..hehe

So off they go into the plastic bags...

Now i've got more space for new stuff...

Guess its the same in life

as a chinese saying that says "if the old doesnt go, the new wont come"

Any voluenteers to help fill me wardrobe?? :)

New season, New day

2009-07-06T12:29:00.002+08:00

Its a new season, its a new day....

Familiar phrase for most of my blog readers. We have been saying it for the last two months (i think)

New season with new changes, new challenges, new responsibilities...new everything...

Since then, things have been changing so fast. So fast that i've been hit left and right with changes that i thought would be coming only by the end of the year, or maybe even few years from now. I'm not one that takes changes easily..adjustments has to be made, so that i make sure that i am prepared mentally, physically and emotionally to take on the new season.....

So far, all's been good, and adjustments have been working.

I believe what doesn't break you, will make you stronger!!

I can do all things through christ who strengthens me!!

ITs a new season, its a new day!!

Bring it on!!

Apologies to my englsih readers

2009-04-28T21:43:00.003+08:00

Dear readers who can't read chinese (which i think is almost 70% of my readers :p) I apologize for posting a chinese post prior to this. That was to defend my 12 years of chinese education :)

So just to amuse you guys, i'll just put the whole text thru google translate, see what comes out

Friends, stand up and move forward!

In life, many of our undulating road to go through, I do not know why a lot of things will happen, we need to face.

Many people will choose to avoid, choose not to face, choose to give up, choose to put things on the shelf, "shared freeze", which appears to be the best way to live on their own.

Friend,

I know it is difficult landing, and I know it hard to accept, I am aware of the need to move a lot of strength. No explanation has been given a lot of things, many things we can only let go of confidence, I believe that all is good, I believe everything will be all right, I think, after all, we will gain the victory, get blessings from them, there will be new things, but also start a good day.

Bible, John Chapter VIII of the 32 Vice-tone session, said:
"You will know the truth and the truth will make you free."

Do not go where other people how to look at things, their "line is, stop being a" day will see, others will see. There just will be the final victory! !

Friends, Come on! !
Stand up and continue to move forward, not to be tied setbacks, I believe that in the end you will get victory! !

Come on! !
I will support you.

Man, I'm glad that i don't write like that :) This teaches us that even when in a rush..do not rely totally on google translate to translate a whole phrase for you. And even if you really need to, please check the translation before you hand in whatever it was that needed translation :)

Btw some of the translation doesnt make sense, its not because i wrote nonsense...:p

朋友，站起来往前走！

2009-04-28T13:56:00.004+08:00

在人生里，我们许多起伏不平的路需要经过，很多事情不知为何会发生，需要我们去面对。

许多人会选择逃避，选择不要去面对，选择放弃，选择把事情放在架子上“摊冻”，因为这看起来是最好的方式让自己继续生活。

朋友，

我知道陆很难走，我知道事情很难接受，我知道需要很多的力量去走下去。很多事情没有解释，很多事情我们只可以放信心下去，相信一切是好的，相信一切会没事的，相信一切事件后，我们会从中得到胜利，从中得到祝福，从中，会有新的东西，更好的日子从新开始。

圣经里，约翰副音第八章三十二届说：
“你们必晓得真理，真理必叫你们得以自由。”

别去里别人如何看待事情，自己 "行的正,站得正",天会看到,别人也会看到。有正义的，最后会得到胜利！！

朋友，加油！！
站起来，继续往前走，不要被挫折绑着，我相信到最后你会得到胜利！！

加油！！
我会支持你的。

Meine Kompositionen ( My Compositions)

2009-04-19T23:58:00.005+08:00

finally exams are over, the sem is over. 14 weeks passed so fast i can't believe that i have finished my 3rd year in uni. Just finished my German paper this morning ( which explains the title in German) which was my last paper of the semester. The exam was over in 15 mins, but we had to wait for 30mins b4 we could exit the exam hall.

This sem, just to fill up my credit hours and also learn some stuff about composing (as our church is heading towards that direction) had to compose two pieces to submit as homework.

As time was not something we all had, i just kinda sat down and just squeezed what could out, to fulfill the coursework. Ended up with a catchy but cheesy love song with a cheesy title "Love" and an theme and variation on the traditional folk song Joget Ketipak Ketipung titled "Jogeting around Ketipak Ketipung". The videos are taken from our final exam where we are required to perform our piece.

Not too proud of both, but hey, one of my first compositions and well, just wanna share it with all.

LOVE

For this song, the lyrics says it all. Got the inspiration from some of the stories my firends tell me..haha. Nicki who first heard this song says it was a cheesy love song, but in the end she could sing along with the chorus even without the lyrics..haha There's a bit of grammatical error too( The line with the *), haha but it does help to enhance the cheesy feeling :p

Performers( Right to left):
Shaker: Wai Yeung
Conga: Aik Hui
Acoustic guitar: ME
Keys: Kent
Vocals: Connie

Lyrics:
V1
Wonder how, and when it started
*How I feel for you has changed*
Your Face stand out
When you're in a crowd
And seeing you brightens my day

V2
How i wished that i could tell you
How i feel for you in my heart
but the fear of change
Stands in the way
Of saying these three words
I love you

Chorus
Wondering what you're doing
And where you are now
I would do anything to be there
Right beside you
Having all these feelings
just leaves me so confused
Wished that i could know exactly what to do

V3
If i risked it all to tell you
I sure hope that you would feel the same
And we'll share our days together
With you forever by my side
i'll show you how much i love you

Cheesy huh?haha i couldn't believe i wrote it..couldn't even sing it..haha...next song i write..will be a better one...

Jogeting around Ketipak Ketipung

This is based on a malay folksong, my idea was to arrange it for a full guitar ensemble, added a tambourine to add the festive atmosphere to it :)

Performers:
Extreme right -left
Cheng Yee
Me
Kent
Aik Hui
Wai Yeung

Well thats all i have for now..if i have more vids from the department, i'll share it ahha..

His Anthem

2009-04-12T20:59:00.002+08:00

Easter day, a day with different meaning to many people. For some its a day where the easter bunnies hide easter eggs and chocolate bunnies. For some, its a chance to collect easter eggs on the pet society neighbourhood. Others its a time in which you will want to avoid the Jalan Gasing stretch coz it will be packed with cars.

For me, as a child, easter was always the time where popo Vivian comes and gives everyone in the children church a hard boiled egg each. It was also the time where u get dramas in which the large wooden cross that is stored in the back stage is used. I remembered once they did a drama in which they had to carry the corss with a person lyin on top of it (i always wondered how he managed to balance) and also we did "Sunday's on the way" by carmen for one year, or was that two :)

This year, was a little different from others. Yes being a christian we all know that, Jesus died on good friday and ressurected on easter, but still sometimes we do take for granted, how much this means.

Today, Pastor Chris lead the worhsip and his song list was really in line in telling the meaning of easter. He started off with "Salvation is here" by Planet shakers, then did the classic Ron Kenloy "Hallelujah, Jesus is alive", then Followed by "Majesty" and "One Day"
Worship songs were "Because he lives" and "The Anthem"

Though it seemed like really normal songs, but the two worship songs really brought out the easter message, plus what PAstor Chris said while introducing the songs, it was really an awesome session. "Because He lives" by itself says a lot

Because He lives
I can face tmr
Because He lives
All fear is gone
And because I know
I know He holds the future
And life is worth the living
Just because He lives

Man, that song really hits the note. And its so direct. Followed by "The Anthem", for me, the praise and worship session was good enough to last the whole week.

Hallelujah, He has won the victory
Hallelujah, He has won it all for me
Death could not hold You down
You are the risen king
Seated in majesty
You are the risen king

He has won it all for me!! that is really comforting, especially during exam times haha. Glad that i have a King, Father, God and Friend that really cares so much for me.

To be or not to be...

2009-04-05T22:35:00.002+08:00

Next week would be the final week of the semester..Exams would be coming soon, and with easter around the corner, plus all the work that needs to be followed up for the church renovations, it was a perfect ingredients for an emo session...

WHY ME???

Then i discovered, after hearing all the messages preached from the pulpit, after years of serving under the leaders of HSG, it was not easy to feel emo...

I mean definitely when we have so much to do, and when things don't seem to be going as it is, we will feel very "pek cek" and ask how come things are this way, but i realized that it was not easy to keep the dissapointed and helpless feeling. This is because that in our lives there is so much more to thank God for, rather than let the few small things that seem negative to pull your whole day down.

I have to admit, last week after looking through the things that has piled up and is waiting for my attention, and problems that we faced, i could hear the chorus of Simple Plan's song

"Untitled" - How could this happen to me...~~

Well i also realized that friends are important in thses kind of situations. I told a friend " I'm Emo..." then thank God for friends who say "RUUUN!" run away from those thoughts...run away from those feelings...coz they're stinkin thinking.

There is just so much more that those problems. I'm just so glad that i discovered...

On the subject of being emo it is with the choice...

To be..or not to be..

man how they have changed...

2009-03-20T15:18:00.008+08:00

Just got back from an awesome camp last Wednesday. Pre-Mad camp.

I was not supposed to be there as i had class, but i was not able to pull myself away from the camp. It was not just the excitement of the feeling that something great was about to happen, but also...It was the people there.

For those who are familiar with the style of SE, pre-mad usually is held in church and well most of the time everything is well taken care of, which is a good thing because the committee is a bunch of young people with no experience in taking care of people younger than them, and most of the time they themselves are the people that we need to take care of.

After this camp, man i realized, all those "kids" have grown up.

Camp coordinator, Li-anne...
Used to remember her in sunday school not listening to the teacher, playing with her handphone, disturbing other people...now commanding ppl to "Listen and keep quite while poeple are up front talking ."

Sarah Loke
Remembered the first pre-youth camp when she said "How to do pumping...i cant la"
to the sarah that carried David's VOX amp all the way from the car park to chapel, and telling David "Hey i can do something you cant"

John Yong
Always branded as the trouble maker.. Still is :) but now a smarter one, and a more submissive one..and really fun to be around good transport arranger too...

Joseph Ng
Used to be the quiet little kid who floows his sisters around. Never looked like he would have friends, but now...one of the more prominent Worship Leaders, lead the saujana CF, and now also emceeing for games...(what happend to the quiet side??)

Garry
Also used to be just tagging around the sister...then now head of usher.

Timothy Liaw
From feeling lost from all the missed years from KL to knowing the direction to go..and a Very good and strict boy's coordinator :p

Oh well..since we're here talking about ppl..

David
Used to be the kid who plays too loud and too fast...to now...the musician who is going to berkley and plays with a metronome and tries to control his level. :)

Rachel
Remember the first mad camp in shalom villa..when i thought the onli thing she knew how to do was run...to becoming the HSG idol runner up

Razel
Changed from the girl with too much makeup, to the one who shines with natural beauty

Paul Lau
KT kampung boy who was bullied by younger ppl in church camp...to Prayer warrior for God

Ryan tan
From the young boy i prayed for hte first time when he was 11 years old...to a boy who didn't want to take over cf...to a young man who leads his own cf :)

Hannah Loke
From shy girl who doesnt talk(at least not to me) to service coordinator who orders me to do offering :p

Joseph Cheah
Little boy who likes to dance hawaiian dance...to young man who started cf...to young man who leads worhsip...to a young man who left a deep imprint in DP and HSG before going off to Australia

Tara Ong
From a little girl who says "jie i'm scared" to a young woman who's leading OCF :)

Elliot
From super Emo (no offence) to counsellor for emos :p

Nicki Lee
From a non chirstian with low self esteem to a christian who shares her testimony on stage and is able to pray over a congregation to bless the younger people

Ivan V
From first MAD (remember what happened :p) and gangsterish boy to a young man who's putting his knives to good use :)

Timothy Lau
From just wanting to serve as a drummer...to having a passion to minister to chinese speaking youths

Ben Soo
From a normal saujanian boy to a friendly minister in Laos (who still owes me a present :p)

Man...really proud of these people. Really glad to have you guys on board the SE flight :)
No matter where you are guys, what you're gonna do, where you're gonna go...
Lets keep Soaring for Jesus

New Year??so soon?

2009-01-15T23:43:00.003+08:00

Well time has come and gone so fast. I didn't realize that i had left my blog idle for 2 months. Time has flown by, since the last post. It seemed like the semester just ended, then it started again...but i did have much fun in between though. Fun times go by really fast dont they :)

Though it seemed to pass by real quick, had a great december :) started with comming back from the trip to perth feeling refreshed physically and spiritually, then the african christmas, then loud christmas then christmas itself then new year...it was really a month filled with so much activity and fun.

Then we started the year with Dr Naomi Dowdy's conference which was really a good start and now planing for the youth concert in feb. Its all really cool.

I'm really excited and looking forward to things this year. I really cant wait for the next day to come coz even though yea there is still the workload of studies and the ministry, i just know its gonna be great. and that things can only get better, not worse.

15 days into the new year, still excited, still looking forward and expecting good things.
Regardless of what the newspaper say, i believe that 2009 is going to be a GOOD year.
And that through the doom and gloom, there will definitely be a BLOOM..

Life's great isn't it :)

Chinese new year's comming and i'm definitely looking forward to it..hehe not only the ang pows, but also a time to spend with family and friends. (of course more to the ang pows hehe)

Looking forward to have a good year this year...

Something to be proud of

2008-11-17T22:20:00.004+08:00

Well, my third post in a row...:p

Lots of people pass their daily lives doing video editing for their blogs or photo shop pictures for their blogs. They can be talented, but not having a professional certificate in that field often limits them to doing simple stuff.

Being connected to a church gives u a lot of opportunity to tap into your talents. Its not everyday you get to do video promotions for an event..

Had the opportunity of getting involved in the production of the following camp promo video. Its something that i am really proud of, not only of myself but the whole team, directors, videographer, video editor, and actors...

Really guys...u rock!!

Down memory lane...

2008-11-17T20:36:00.012+08:00

Holiday time, din have much to do..so went thru my hard disk and found some really old photos...not really old..but its old enough..hehe its amazing how ppl change over few years span...Its a wonder how many photos can one get from one folder itslef i think its would be the span of years from my form 5 years to upper 6 years :)

Pangkor trip with form 5 classmates...haha that trip would be one of the memorable trips of my high school years :)

Could drive by then...so we often went to the mamak store nearby Uma rani to have a drink after class..I remember the milo ice that time was rm1.50 and maggi goreng was rm2 haha cheap food...the milo was always very 'kao' sometimes even saturated as lots of the milo power would be left unmelted..we would often wonder if it was coz the cup was not washed properly :p

These bunch of guys were the ones that often hung out with me after class..we went to Pangkor for a trip..yes Pangkor again...

Uncle Lim(not the dog..) also joins us for most mamak sessions...yes uncle...coz she always says she's not aunty..(lame..haha)

Usually after the mamak session we would proceed to visit Winnie and Tommy who would be waiting for us at Pua Kee's house...

Or we could go to Kepong to visit Jie Lun...

Occasionally we would have bbq's or gatherings.

I would usually be the odd one out coz all of them are senior high classmates from the arts stream classes..while i'm the only one from science stream. Why am i there? thanks to two buddies that i was quite close to in form 3....still enjoy hanging out a lot :)

At the time most of these pictures were taken, i was already driving to school...each morning would wake at 6am to be able to get to school on time...

When talking about school, can never leave out the form 6 bunch...we were all from different classes, all from different back ground...mixed together we became...a class that doesn't go out during recess and doesn't respeond in class ..hehe

Still we had fun times together....
Paddle boat at tasik titiwangsa...

Trip at Pangkor again...haha

Bbq at Vivien's house..

Then of course....we cant forget the How family sisters...whom at that time kinda became like family to me...(Sorry vincy dont have your picture..)

Then of course there's my own family...
Wasnt with them coz this pic was taken while Audrey went to Shanghai...

Then there were times where mom and tim came down during the summer..

Which meant heaps of sibling fun...

When it comes to talking about brothers and sisters...just can't leave our the spiritual ones as well :)

Looking through these pictures i have mixed feelings. Feeling nostalgic about the good times we had last time, wondering where have some of the people gone and wht they're doing now, and also feeling glad that some are still there ready to start new chapters in our lives...

Hey u guys who are reading this... glad you're still around... :)
Some of u need to contact me...haha

clearing the cobwebs...

2008-11-17T18:20:00.003+08:00

Sorry guys..i know..i know...cobwebs all around :) haha

Lots have been going on, just that well i wanted to wait to get the videos of my performances to post here, but it seems..i keep forgetting to bring a hard disk to collect the videos. (yup after i lost my 8Gb thumb drive life has been miserable...)

Anyway...i just decided to get on with my posts since lots of u have been asking me to :)

So...yea my hols just started..and have been busy going around the past few days :)

Usually so busy with uni work and weekends with church, it was great having a rest...just that all of a sudden with nothing to do..it felt kinda weird...kind of like a ship going at full speed suddenly stops..it takes some time b4 u can really stop...so..i did pack my week full with activities..:)

Spent time with some high school friends, spent time with the SE leaders and all..it was really refreshing..

Ever felt too caught up with things till your whole life just revolves around doing things...assignments...duties...whatever those things are...Well I realized that was my life for the past few months...yes i do tend to like work a lot (gosh i'm a workaholic...) but fun is also a thing that should not be lacking from our lives..as was discussed in YA some time ago, recreation and rest are part of the 10 things in out lives that we should have :)

One thing i realized...is that the company you're with also determines the amount of fun you have. I do go to movies and sing k with my coursemates, but still, yesterday's dinner with at Su Chan Deli was one of the best times i had for a long time (no offence to my coursemates...).I agree with you totally Joseph..Its been a really long time since we had such fun as a group..we should do this more...some non competetive, pure fun time spending together... :)

Gosh too much to write....I started off wanting to post something of a totally different nature..but i guess i got carried away :) Guess you guys will just have to wait for my next post :p

Dont worry it'll be soon..i promise :)

back online haha

2008-10-10T11:59:00.002+08:00

To all my blog readers, yes those whom discovered the "secret"...(-_-")

Sorry for not having posted anything lately...i kinda misplaced my camera....but now its found and yea will start to update it as frequent as possible. Sorry for this uninteresting post without pics :)

Much has happened since my last post...Well of course firstly, during the raya hols, had a day out with few close friends. Went to Zan Mai sushi, had a great time. The food was good, but... I guess i'm a chinese food person. Ordered a unagi udon, but ate onli the rice haha...weird huh?

Then we went bowling..its been 5 years since i last bowled so obviously lost het first match, ended up having dance the para para sakura machine next door (we were in Mid Valley btw)
It was quite a nice day, relaxing and all..realized how long i had not just went out and had fun with friends, usually with the other group, its just sing k, thats fun too, but its been so long since i went for a sports event (bowling's a sport right? hehe)

Same week, went for a basketball match :) time have changed....my batch, seems that everyone knows how to play basketball, or at least from my school. But this match, saw that so many of the ppl who are still in their teens seems to not have nich skill for the sport, maybe basketball is a "chinese school" sport, coz i realized most of those who could really paly and knew the rules were from chinese schools, the others were footballers who knew the basic rules and had the stamina. It was fun though :) results not too bad, for a team of 4 with two who didn't really know much about basketball, we got 3rd place (out of four hehe at least not last la)

On top of that had a great weekend...great sermons at least...not too great for the sound ppl...I think i would have a few years of my life cut off...coz of the problems...but it was still a good weekend session(s).

So much for last week...Today will be having a performance at uni. Haha yea din tell most of u guys coz...kinda had a miscommunication....for the whole things. in fact i omli knew the dress code for performers like yesterday 9pm haha so...well...anyways now i've got a blister on my finger and i broke a nail....i know comming from me it sounds weird..but as a classical guitarist, fingernails are quite important. So...lets pray for the best later :)

Just to inform my blog readers...we will be having an orchestra performance in UCSI on the 31st october 2008 8pm If you're interested la..

Will be back with pics of the performance :)

Last minute rush!!

2008-09-24T18:32:00.004+08:00

Just finished technical exams myself, didn't do very well i guess, but did my best so...its up to the judges, Dr loo and Dr chan to judge :(

I myself am gonna be free till after raya where i have to present my orchestration O3 and and also orchestration on scoring for wind orchestra..should start work now i guess :p

Anyway for my coursemates things are not going too well, they just finished technical exams yesterday, then have to rush for tmr's presentation. Thank God i'm only taking the course next sem :)

The H4 room in which we usually use for relaxing was converted into a temporary cyber cafe

all we lack is some people playing dota ( which we usually do as well but today is super packed so we opted not to :p)

Nevertheless....we still love fun. Catherine's birthday was last week, decided to celebrate today. So all of us, left our work stations and....

Yup, as much as we can work hard, and study our brains out and practise our fingers off, we still enjoy having fun :)

Now everyone's back to work and i'm...in a holiday mood :) yeah!! no more work till next week :p

week 12 sem 1 08/09

2008-09-23T15:34:00.000+08:00

Week 12.....exam week again....this week...analysis and technical exam...
This is what you'd expect from UPM - Universiti Perperiksaan Malaysia
Week 12 out of 14 study weeks....2 exams in 14 study weeks, not counting finals after the 14 weeks...seems like i never got out of high school :)

Caught some pics of my course mates and juniors...would be nice to say that the reason for these pics were because of the exams, but i can't lie can't i :) they were from last week. For some reason, these were the only postable pics i found on my camera. (being a new blogger, have not gotten into the habit of snapping at everything :) )

Yeap it suits the exam theme very nicely :)

looking forward to next week, which is a one week holiday due to hari raya celebrations. The local unis are very good to adjusting mid sem holidays in accordance to festive holidays, which mean we wont have 1 or 2 days more holidays...good thing is no need replacement class..bad thing is ....no extra holidays..sob..

Plans for next week....sleep...sleep....sleep...oh yea..and assignments..and practice....and....well there goes my holidays....haha

Technical exam is tmr....gonna get blisters on my fingers...scales scales scales....good for skills, bad for flesh..

Its hard to train a technique when you've got a slight "kecacatan" c if u can spot what is different from your hand :)

Answer: shorter last finger...

Its hard to play when you can't reach....but still its not impossible... One of my teachers said that its possible that it may grow longer...that was few years ago. Not that i've measured it, but still it looks shorter than its supposed to be :)

Its almost 4 pm...gotta go prepare to go uni...gonna have a long afternoon...

Thank God for public holidays !

2008-09-18T23:29:00.010+08:00

17 September 2008...Selangor public holiday...Yay!!!!

Its been a long time since had a break from classes on a weekend, so all my coursemates..well not exactly all...some of my coursemates and i planned a day out. Most of them wanted to go shopping for evening gowns for the upcoming MPO concerts...of course, that was not why i was there with them hehe..not a chance guys..sorry..at least not now yet :p

Anyway had to wake early to send vivien back to uni, yes she spent a night at our place coz the uni internet connection a bit cacat vista cannot connect so she asked if could come to our place to do her report. Cut the long story short...went to uni and saw this

Seems that the unit keselamatan has been busy...actually the car was clamped the night before already...then well today i dropped by and it was still clamped..meaning that its been 2 days since the owner has driven it..poor car...

Back to my story...sent vivien back to uni then went on my way to Sg Wang...for one thing...Sing K.. haha...yeap thats wht i enjoy doing when i'm stressed out..plus it helps keep me updated with songs too (getting old d lo...haha) oppss..better stop at a gas station first...since the gas went up..this has been something that i see quite frequent

Finally in Sg Wang..initial plan was to park at KTM station then later go back to collect the car before going for the next item, which was lunar mooncake festival celebrations at music house for music department students (since we're all chinese...well at least 99% so we have a celebration every year) but Audrey told me she may need help with transportation for the ukm student outing so i drove to Sg Wang. Reached there at 1020am..Sing 11 am session..so had some time to do some shopping...well window shopping for me, but for the rest...i think they spent most of the time choosing which wallet to buy (don't think all of them bought in the end though)

Since last sem, I have been going quite frequently to karaoke outlets with my coursemates but its been about a month since i last went..kinda lost touch with the songs and, this time was qutie quiet, but we enjoyed neverhteless :)

Halfwya thru, Audrey called and said no need my help to fetch the ppl...my first thought... parking... there goes my $$ well.. at least i can go window shopping..

After hours of walking around the stores, my coursemates bought heaps of stuff, shoes, clothes, accesories...then we went to Madam Wong's for dinner...

After dinner, it was back to UPM for the celebration. It has been a tradition since our batch that hte juniors entertain the seniors for this event. So..all of us were kinda anticipating what the juniors had prepared for us. It turned out to be quite fun..games, food and lame jokes...one lame joke at least...too lame for me to share hehe....

Well, thats it...i guess...nice break from normal routine of mundane classes and assignments...next week will be exam week though....but still i wouldn't miss this break even if its exams tmr :)

Orchestra Memories

2008-09-17T01:08:00.004+08:00

Our music department has an orchestra performance each semester.So far, i have been in 5 concerts. As our department is considerably small (esp the last 2 years after the seniors have graduated) we are considerably small orchestra so we have guest players who come and help in the orchestra each sem...well at least for 2 sems now :)

This kinda reminds me of my first orchestra performance, back in first sem...didn't really know much how to play the trombone, went in and tried anyway. Day before performance, the conductor asked me try not to play if i wasn't confident of the tone (which was almost every tone :P) but it turned out well.

hehe those were the days.

Anways fast forward...till recently...the sedaya performance on 12th august (remember it coz it was my mom's b'day hehe).Though played only like 18..or 19 notes, it was cool coz got to meet new people, got to hear new music and well though the organizing college was UCSI, i guess all of us performers feel something when we hear a missed part :P I guess for all of us who went to perform for that concert we have gained something if not just more experience. For me,well 19 notes is quite insignificant, but hey, when you're not playing you learn to listen. And for a musician, listening is as important as playing agree,fellow musicians?

It has been..as Guy Sebastian sings "a long and winding journey" . Now, playing the solo part for Peer Gynt Suite No.2 3rd movement is not a problem for me ...though its just 12 notes of solo but hey at least now 80% of wht mes out from the trombone sounds as it was written :) Transiting from just a mere player to someone who is involved in the organizing comittee. Its something that not everyone can experience. The next concert is like one month away, and now we are only like 30% ready haha...the adrenaline rush will be comming no doubt for all involved, performers, conductor and organizers. But without a doubt, i know that all of us will work hard to make it a success, and that surely the audience will enjoy the performance :) coz unless you're a trained professional musician, most of the time you wont be able to recognize the mistakes :p

Note to self: take more photos of next orchestra

Its august!!

2008-08-18T17:17:00.002+08:00

Its august so soon....august...month of first exams, birthday of mom,aunt( they actually have the same birthday but not twins though, i think 2 years apart) and of course not to be forgotten my cousin kim :) not to mention church camp next week, orchestra presentation last week and hmm..what else...well soon it'll be september.

Yesterday went to aunt's house to celebrate mom's birthday. We had pizza, yong tau foo and chocolate fondue. IT was great for the younger ones coz the older generation did not appreciate the chocolate fondue so we had all we could eat hehe..Love family meetings where we can "gossip" about each other :P

Was cool to see my other cousins (who are like 2 yrs old and 4 yrs old) talking jumping around and playing. YEs they're a bit spoilt..but well at that age, most things they do are quite cute hehe. hopefully its just a phase or if they're still like tht when they grow up...i'll disown them hahaha

WAtched the badminton olympic finals. Was quite wasted we lost, but well, at least we got a silver medal :) Go for it malaysian shuttlers!!we can definitely get more medals in the future.

weekend well spent

2008-08-04T15:19:00.005+08:00

Almost everyone i know, looks forward to weekends. Everyone's ideal weekend, on the golf course, in the swimming pool, out at the mall with friends, or even just staying at home, locking yourself in the room with the air con on full blast with a cup of hot chocolate(or milo in Malaysian terms) and a good book.

I haven't done all those for a long time, (except for the reading book part) but still my weekends are times i look forward to. How do i spend my weekends? I spend it at church...Yea i can imagine the looks on your faces when you read that, but trust me, its not that i have no life that i wanna hide in church all weekend, you obviously do not know me..hehe

Anyway, i'll just start my story from monday. As usual, monday was just like any normal day in uni, morning 8am class ( i hate 8am classes esp on mondays... :( ) analysis assignments given out, then last class orchestra. Quite uneventful except for the phone call from Hannah which asked me to preach on Saturday. Without thinking much, i just agreed. Then, tuesday and wednesday, also quite normal didn't do much.

The hecticness started on Thursday. Let me recall...10 am class ended at 11, then went to Subang to help Uncle Stanley, he said he needed to rush a job, so had to go.Then after that, met up with Pastor Reuben to discuss my message. Then rushed back home to get my bass (had some time to play with charrise :P) then went to K2 for "family gathering" for the hostel students. After that came back to uni to have my bass class, then haha...went out for a midnight movie. My first actually hehe watched till 4am, then went to my coursemate's house to sleep, didn't want to freak my mom out.

Friday morning, supposed to go to class, then realized, the work that Uncle Stanley passed to me I was supposed to pass to Elliot on Saturday.That gives me like one day to work on, which i dont have becasue i have to go to CF, then go for a performance at klpac. So rushed home to do the work. Then at 12pm went to fetch Paul to go to CF, there was a massive jam, obvouisly something happened in front but nothing would prepare us for what we saw...bad accident, made headlines the next day...

Imagine the scrap of metal on the right side used to be a van....2 people were killed and 5 critically hurt...God bless those who are involved in the accident...

Back to my story, we went to CF and then after that got a call to help scout for a new dvd recorder for the church so went to harvey norman to get price quotations. Then after that went to Serdang to fetch some of my coursemates then went to the performance, a really awesome performance it was. Then reached home at 1+ am.

Saturday, woke early to finish the part of work that i could before passing it to Elliot then went to meet Jason, had a last follow up coaching session with him before handing him to Stephen. Then had a musician meeting. Then met with pastor Reuben, then waited for my turn to preach. This time unlike the previous time, i felt totally confident and also felt that i was in full control of the session felt real good preaching haha. After that had to go home, coz i have yet to finish my analysis home work and orchestraition homework. After 2 days of fun, would have to get back to earth and do work. There were 3 main homework that i was supposed to hand in on monday, plus having guitar class on monday had to practise, time was precious, couldnt afford to waste any minute. Slept at 1 someting as well.

Sunday, finally, had to wake early also coz was going to have breakfast with family before going to church at 830am so dragged myself up..well the rest of the day was quite usual as well, but unusually skipped a meeting. Would have attended if not because of the homework...went home and stayed in the room till12+ couldnt stand anymore went to bed.

Well it was quite an eventful, busy, full packed, and well got to impact lives in the youth and cf, and also had fun really nice haha...

Bad Luck Day

2008-07-22T16:51:00.002+08:00

Yesterday, as my friend said, was "bad luck day" coz it seem that few of us in the same course had a bad encounter that day. That friend hurt her finger while getting off a bus, another friend was almost finishing an assignment he had worked on for few days when someone switched of the power to his laptop causing him to the final part of the work he had done (yes had not saved) and i slightly scalded my hand while cooking maggi mee for supper.

Thinking back, yes at that moment it really felt that all of us had "bad luck" yesterday, but looking back, actually its so easy for one bad event to ruin the whole day. We always remember the negative side of things, and not look at the positive side.

Like the story where there was a king who went hunting and lost one finger. He had an aide whom he always brought wherever he go to advise him on matters. When the king lost his finger, the aide said "it could have been worse". This angered the king so he threw the aide to jail. The next day the king embarked on another hunting trip, on which he was captured by cannibals who was preparing to cook him for their meal. While preparing the meal, they discovered that the king had lost his finger. They let him go because it was their tribe ritual to only eat perfect people. The king went back to his kingdom and immediately set the aide free from prison. He told the aide the whole story and again, the aide said "it could have been worse". The king was surprised by his comment and asked "what could be worse?" and the aide replied "if i wasn't in prison, i would have followed you on the hunting trip."

In leach situation there are many ways to view it. how you view it, its totally up to you. :)

Desiderio domini

2008-07-15T14:23:00.003+08:00

Was talking to Cheng Yee (my music course junior) somehow ended up using a laptop going on to youtube. There he showed me a clip...his song with the title "Desiderio Domini"( which means I long to be with my Lord.)
Found the title quite interesting and decided to go look more info about it.

Desiderio Domini, a phrase used by the Apostle Peter when he was asked why he cried so much after the ascention of Jesus.

After hearing the title, and the translation ( i long to be with my lord) I have taken an interest in this, wondering if there was any deeper meaning to the phrase desiderio domini.
I tried going for direct translation through Google translate, which gave me the direct translation "desired dominion". Unable to satifsfy my curiosity, I went and look for further translations for Dominion, which eventually lead me to the origin of the word, Dominus, which means literally "Lord".

Sometimes, we look at thing in a very complicated way, thinking the more complicated, the deeper the meaning. We often overlook simple things, or even worse, try to complicate things.
Too many times we miss the essence of a simple phrase, or even simple gestures of people around us, complicating situations or words said by others.
Too many times, we complicate what the bible tells us, or what God says.
Too many times, we complicate what we want to tell others, what we want them to know.
Too many times, we complicate our expression of love and adoration to God.

Desiderio Domini. I Love you Lord.

I confess, the pride in my heart
I put aside, all of me
Strip away understanding from me
I trust in you
I long for you

Desiderio Domini
How dearly, I long to be
With you lord, at your feet
Desiderio Domini

No complaints, about all the pain
I don’t care, how much it takes
I will cry until I die
A prayer of desperation to you
I ache for you
I long for you

Starting out

2008-07-14T23:33:00.003+08:00

Well, Starting out with my blog...How it will turn out? I seriously don't know :) but well please if there's anything that i can do to improve it, really appreciate the feed back. Hope that will be able to keep updating the blog, at least the content, if not the way it looks :p