Thursday, January 01, 2009
11:21 AM
New Year, New Resolution!
Before I made any new resolutions for the year 2009, I guess the cliche thing to do is to reflect on the year 2008.
2008 has been a relatively fruitful year for me.
Besides settling down alone in a foreign place like Melbourne, I have learnt and gained alot of experiences in all aspects of life.
Blessings and graces wise, I have gained some or rather alot and I do need to thank our Heavenly Father for all the graces I received although I am not worthy.
2009 is a New Year for to look forward to.
1) Firstly, it will be my first full year in Melb0urne.
I do have lots of plans this year, the things which I have planned to acheive this year.
In short, my resolution for this year is
Cherish every opportunity, moments and life.By opportunity, I mean every single chance to improve myself and learn new things and experiences, and make new friends or strengthen my current friendship.
By moments, I mean every time spend to learn new things, how I am going to make full use of it, and also enjoy each moment with a friend or a loved ones.
By life, I mean every single people whether it's just an acquaintance or a friend, as long as I have said the first "Hello" to them.
Musically/ Academically, these are the targets which I have set for myself:
1) Perform more regularly, try my best to overcome my fear and do my best on stage.
2) Enter a music competition.
3) a 70+ (H2B and above for all subjects I take)
Last of all, thank you all for making my year 2008 a wonderful and fruitful one. :D
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
11:53 AM
GOODBYE SINGAPORE!!!Just wish to say farewell to you, readers from Singapore. I will be creating a new blog for my life in Melbourne, so if you are interested, feel free to ask me. Miss you people!
Monday, July 07, 2008
3:07 PM
Entering the Last week of...my time in Singapore. Besides preparing for the concert which ended yesterday last week, I had actually went to meet my ACJC teachers who has taught me for the 2 years. I went to see Mrs Teoh and Ms Leong first, as they are the first person who have played a role in my music education in ACJC. I actually told them that everything was quite a surprise for me, being the only one out of the 5 MEP mates who got the B, (the rest having scored an A), who will be the only one doing music at undergraduate level. Seriously, I was one of the worst student in piano performance during my time there, ( I guess that's what pull my entire music grade down to a B). Glad that they still look young despite being teaching there for years. It's good to have teachers who taught you around in the school as there will be some sense of belonging.
On Saturday evening, Uncle Lenny and Aunt Fiona gave us a farewell dinner at their son's restaurant at Sin Ming Avenue. The food is absolutely delicious. Had Curry Fish, sweet and sour chicken and other yummy pernarakan dishes. I guess I am going to miss that in Australia.
The concert yesterday didnt go too bad, neither did it went too good for me. I had a little memory slip in the middle of the piece which I am playing. But it still went well as I didnt break down because of that (as what Ms Sylvia always says keep going!!). Got to work on my accuracy and precision in my playing to be a better pianist.
This week will be kept for meeting up with friends like Sok Hourng, Cherrie and my MEPpers from ACJC, packing/ reorganising my luggage, last minute shopping etc.
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
8:16 PM
Attended Archie Emeritus Yong's Funeral...It's rather a sad day for all the Catholics in Singapore as most of us (especially for me, who is caught by surprise of the news of his passing). He is a well respected man in the Archdiocease in Singapore, has a good sense of humour. Here are some of his little jokes during his homily a few years back when our church celebrates the feast of Holy Trinity, about 10 years back:What is Jesus favourite brands of shampoo?What is Jesus favourite coffee?
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The answer for question 1: Follow Me and Rejoice!
Answer for question 2: Nestle 3-in-1 coffee
His passing is a peaceful and quiet one, though I am not very close to him, but I do respect him alot! Even the skies do, it drizzles a little when his tomb was sent to Mandai.
RIP Archbishop Emeritus Yong.
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Monday, June 30, 2008
10:21 PM
The Joy of being a teacher...Sigh... Here's another incident which I am going to miss: I had my last lesson with this piano student who is taking her grade 1 exam this year. Gave her my final advice to her before she takes her exam on 1 August. But rest assured, there will be another teacher taking her before her exam.After the class, she gave me a pen, a card and a box of ferrero rocher. I guess what really makes it sweet is the content in her card. Please don't cry after reading this encouraging for me note: 'Dear Teacher, Thank you for teaching with lots of care this year. Your strictness with me has honestly do me good. I promise to come back with distinction okay? Bon voyage'Sigh :(
Saturday, June 28, 2008
10:59 PM
Went to the University of Melbourne pre departure briefing today...
Made some new friends today, both guys and girls alike..
BUT I MUST SAY the mass Comm girls in my group is CHIO!!
The Time is ticking by, minutes by minutes...While Audrey is trying to treasure each moment before she flies off, (ok come on, I am going to fly off weeks before she is going to), I am probably anticipative of what is going to come on my time in Melbourne. Some thoughts appear in my mind today, for example, am I able to survive independently during my time there? How am I able to juggle between social life and academic life, doing well in Australia and making the most of the time there? So many questions left unanswered until the day comes.
I must admit, I am quite excited about the prospect of staying overseas, living independantly, but now I kind of dread it as that day gets nearer. You know, staying alone in an apartment, and it doesnt help that we spoke of evil spirits and black magic that may stay in the house that you live in. I guess I just have to keep praying that my faith will be stronger in this whole 3 to 4 years.
Attended the predeparture briefing for Australia-bound students organised by IDP last Saturday. What do I have to say.. Australia do have lots of nice scenery there, hopefully able to visit those places during the holidays. Made one or two friends from my school, one of them name is Richard, who is an Indonesian studying in Singapore, who is going to pursue his Bachelor of Commerce this July, so will probably meet up with him in Melbourne. Another person if I didnt remember wrongly is Kai, who is going to do Bachelor of Dentistry in Melbourne University.
Going to attend another predeparture briefing organised by representatives from University of Melbourne tomorrow, hopefully make some more new friends before departing to Australia. Argh, this is gettinG egg-citing! :D
Sunday, June 15, 2008
10:02 PM
Shop Till you dropI have been shopping for my studies items on Friday. Went to Suntec City, browse through the PC Fair, then Carrefour, and lastly Winter Time.
Items bought:
1) Creative Live! Webcam Optra --> for my parents to contact me visually using skype or MSN, (but skype is better for video call). Now got to teach my Dad to use skype. Cost: $129 with free Creative Communications headset.
2) A laptop polyester bag for me to carry my laptop around in school (more convenient, like a school bag and not those laptop case). What's more, it can be used to put books. Cost: $110 with free mouse.
3) A 250GB portable hard disk (as a backup for my crashed laptop) which cost $122.39
4) A small rice cooker (0.63L in capacity) to cook rice in Australia. (Heard it's much expensive to get one there) Cost: $41
5) Travel Adaptor x2 (for my laptop and rice cooker). Cost: $21
6) Winter Items e.g gloves, socks, neck scarf etc. as it's cold in Australia: $170
7) A digital Metronome: $40.90 (as a spare to my current digital metronome. I dont feel safe after dropping my current digital metronome many many times and yet it's still working...)
*sigh* There goes a hole in my pocket! :(
