Old is Gold eh?

I woke up late today. That's kinda my thing during holidays. Anyways i picked up one of my mom's CDs, that we bought on Sunday after my church at the Sheng Siong Hypermart, and started playing it on my stereo. Coming down the escelator me and my mom danced to the beat of Take Me Home, Country Roads, that was played over the speakers there. My mom straight went to the sales person there and asked for the CD (2 volumes for $5! Very cheap and good quality! :D). So i stood there and watched. I dunno why my mom is like that, but she will constantly seek to prove the superiority of the things of her time (including 50's tunes) over that of my generation. So there she was bragging at how she could actually hear the melody and lyrics of the songs (compared to modern-day rapping), and to my suprise, the sales person agreed with her! that made me go @.@" . To summarise what she was saying, OLD IS GOLD. I don't disagree with my mom. If i did i wouldnt be listening to it right now (I will follow him.. follow him wherever he may go! in the background). But my mom doesn't think i do. -.-"

OLD IS GOLD people. but it isn't perfect. Contemporary songs are nice too! Kinda wish my mom could see that, lol.

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i'd like to use this part to thank those of u who read my previous post Dream v.s. Money [http://its-aj.blogspot.com/2008/05/dreams-vs-money.html] - and gave me some advice. I feel kinda stupid about it :P

it's okay now cuz i spoke to a friend in the music industry. Thank God i met her. :)

once again thank you.

aj

The funny things people say.

(How many kids do u want to have?) "2! (Why?) 2 just nice mah, one boy one girl. too many later cannot feed then become poor! again! (lol again..) yes! AGAIN!"

"We're you on the bus just now? It was indian invasion!"

"I am the Emperor Penguin"

(What's your deepest darkest secret?) "I like money." (What kinda secret is that??)

"Patricia Mok is beautiful ok!"

"why no pic? are you on the federal witness protection programme? is this Mas Selamat?"

"we'll lose the ownership of this land for the church in 50 years. hopefully the Lord comes before then!"

"kiss me i am EMO"

"NPCC = nak pakai coli cantik"

"aj!! evil is coming! i can feel it! look at the skies!" (Dude, that's the rain.. -.-)

"sexy? u must have the wrong blog LOL xD"

"blow me away father john!"

"chill like ice milo"

"real men can also be f***ed one!"

"is that really you or did you put up some handsome guy's pic as your own?" (it's my pic!)

(I'm afraid to go to the gym cuz everyone stares at me) "Nah, they're just jealous of your awesome tan!"

"I'm not bi or homo sexual, I'm purely sexual"

"saw her lips? it was like baboon's ass on her face!"

sometimes people say things that crack me up. so i decided to quote em here lol. i think i've got more, but i have yet to find it!

o.O

i was looking through my posts the other day, and i kinda realized something. my blog posts are getting waaaay to personal. sometimes i forget that this blog is up for the whole world to read, and not just my buddies (although i still think only my buddies would BOTHER reading it lol). so there u go. imma make things a little less personal. i mean do i really want the world to know what's that personal to me? lol maybe i do, but i really think i don't. However, i can explain myself. the only reason i decided to start blogging was to have a place where i could express myself. i don't really have people to express it to, so all you online readers become my audience! lol. it's kinda duft really. still, imma leave up the older posts for those of u who still want a peek into my life! LOL! :D

lets make blogging fun again :D

p.s. i seriously wonder who anonymus from my cbox is. is he/she the same person who wanted to read my penguin story? if anyone knows who he is, DONT BE AFRAID TO TELL ME. lol.

Dreams v.s. Money

i aint feeling so good today. it's my mom's birthday (and eraidie's, happy birthday man!) so we went out to this place called magic wok. food was alright, but the conversations we got into really pissed me off. guess that's just what happens when you're the only chirstian in the family.

u know how i've been wanting to live out my dreams, and how i wanted to work for em. i mean i've been doing lots of research into it. i got all caught up in my passion that i forget the state i live in. i mean, the welfare of my family is important, and we can barely make ends meet. don't even have a flat to call our own! why in the world should i be dreaming of a music education after secondary school right?

i spoke to my teacher, and that's what he said. he knows my situation well. he advises i take the "rational" route. that is poly la. sure, it's safer and all, but every part of me doesn't want it. the real factor stopping me from what i want to achieve is money. i mean there i go dreaming of a better life when i completely forgot my mom has to work twice as hard to pay for it. now why should i put her through that after all these years of single-mom-parenting? i admire my mom, because she has went through lots for us three (me and my bros), and she is willing to do more for us. i know i cant get another mother like that. gosh now i feel really stupid.

i don't suppose all dreams are meant to come true. 4 years of music education will put a hole in my mom's wallet for life. then when i graduate, what am i gonna work as? a street busker? darn it. darn darn darn it. i dunno, maybe its just a phase people go through when they dream of things and then get snapped back to reality. a long long time ago, i took a personal vow to bring my family out of poverty; they deserve it after all these years. i guess i'll do what i have to, even if it means i lose my dreams.

just really depressed and pissed at this. advice?

The Winner Has Been Crowned!

"And the winner, by 12 million votes, of American Idol 2008 is..... David...."

the winner has been crowned! wat a stunning performance round it was yesterday and today was a whole two hours of performance from 8-10 am here. The winner sang the winning song 'Time of My Life'. I'm kinda embarassed to say it but i teared a little bit (just a little bit!) when he sang it. It sums up the whole season. Man it was great. What can i say? Regardless of who won, they both are stars already. ninety-seven and a half million votes, 56% to the winner and 46% to the runner-up. Can u believe it? aiyo that is like dunno how many times our population size la!

"the both of you are great. And for the first time, I don't really care who wins tonight" - Simon Cowell

Once was a bartender in Kansas, now is the American Idol !

"And the winner, by 12 million votes, of American Idol 2008 is.... David... COOK!"

yeah thats right. Rocker Cook won the season. Like i said i didn't know who to root for, so im happy either way =D
i'm sad that apparently one of my favourite shows is over for this year, but i'm glad that i can get my sanity back, lol. i've been a little crazy over the show for a couple of weeks! haha i've never enjoyed the show this much before. Guess this means the end of blog posts with American Idol as it's main content! About time! lol.

congratulations David Cook and David Archuleta!~ =)

it's the last Wednesday... awwww

well, as the title says, it's the last wednesday; meaning the last performance round of American Idol season 7. awww im sad lol. i know it may be a little silly, but watching American Idol has done lots for me. It actually made me wanna work for my dreams =)

however, it's not just Idol that does that. it's been happening for some time now, but everyday, every moment, something would tell me to pursue my dreams. whether it may be TV, or just looking around at building, to even the people who pass me! i dream of choral conducting once in a while when i sleep, and everyday i pass NAFA when i head home. it's music director is probably a friend of mine (not too sure if he thinks of me as a fren lol) and somehow almost every show i watch has a theme; "dreams". Sometimes one cant ignore stuff like these that happens around him, especially if it confirms your oh-so-deeply-burried desire. lol. what can i say? am i going to be the man of my dreams? maybe i will be, only time will tell. (lol, man of my dreams xD)

watever it is, today is still the LAST performance round before the climatic finale tmr. i really don't know what to expect, or even who to root for, for that matter! DAMMIT~!

lol.

tune in today at 10 p.m. on chn 5, 6 & 8 p.m. on star world (if u have cable). =)

American Idol Marathon

i've been up till 1.30 am for the last 3 days watching an american idol marathon. Back to back episodes from 8am to 1.30 am. O.O

feel kinda tired, but it was worth it. All the more i appreciate their journeys, lol. But there was an episode about 'Idol Gives Back' and it was very moving. It makes me realize that i am indeed lucky to be where i am. I mean sure we all struggle, but can u imagine a child dies every minute from malaria? that is like SERIOUS depletion of the population. my sympathies go out to them.

What can i say? i guess i just had a good 3 days marathon basically stuck in front of the TV for 17 hrs in a row lol. It made me re-discover my passion. :) looking forward to a great finale this week, but i seriously dunno who to root for.... both are darn good!

im not really up for blogging much, so thats why this post is pathetically short! tired la, lol.

these are a couple of pics from www.americanidol.com - go there for more pics/downloads and such, if u want to la. :)

Exam Results.

it's Thursday already and by this time most of us have gotten majority of our exam papers. I know many of the students at FTPSS didn't take the exam seriously - but i did. I mean, it's the fourth time i am sitting for an 'O lvl-oriented' exam. Sian -.-"

As always, there are a bunch of failures and passes (my exam scores i mean!), and as fate has it, i have yet to pass my maths. Mr Kong walked past me today and asked me about my maths. He said it was an improvment from last year lol. Indeed it was an improvement. Paper One i failed by 2 marks (-.-) and Paper 2 i obtained 39% lol. Together i happened to get 43% and that gives me an E8 for maths. Like, OMG NOT AGAIN E8!!! Lol.

I told you i'd show the gundu visualiser fella. I got B4 for physics alone (64%) and my chemistry i managed to score a whopping 76%, making my round total for science for mid year an A2. ALRIGHT MY FIRST DISTINCTION! Lol.

I topped the class for English (thankfully) and Mdm Prema said my essay was (quote) "simply brilliant! A National Geographic experience i had!" I'm sorry guys i haven't been allowed to take my essay back so i cant post it up yet. Some school policy. -.-
I passed paper 2 and according to Mdm Prema's way of calculations, i got 68%. B3, but so close to distinction! grrr.... DAMMIT! Lol.

I PASSED MALAY :D

Hahahahahaha... I guess i didn't do so bad for the mid year, esp seeing that its better than last year! lol. 90 days left to study and i am not beaten yet. I can fight on! So those of you out there do cheer me on for my fight against the invulnerable O Level Examinations. Imma make myself do twice as good for prelims. Gotta make sure i get BELOW 20 pts this time. Lord help me! xD

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Did you guys watch the performance round yesterday? It was definitely worth watching. 3 songs, 3 contestants, 3 times the music! David blew the house down with his spectacular adaptation of 'I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing' by Aroesmith. But this is not Archuletta im talking abt, its David Cook! It's like woah! I cant believe he brought the house to their feet and they were cheering even as the judges spoke! Like wow! I definitely loved that performance.

It's the results show today; do make sure u catch it! After today, we will know who our finalists are! man im so excited lolz.

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LONG post. :)

For those of you faithful readers (if there are any LOL xD) i decided to blog after these few days of silence in ma blog lol. Actually not true la, i wanted to blog a long time ago, but my computer's not working.

u know the other day it was maths. i belive i kinda screwed it up cuz i didn't really know many of the things i was writting. when i was stuck i would move on to the next question, and to my horror i discovered i cant do that either LOL. i just stopped and then decided to calculate my marks (meaning seeing how many questions i THINK i can get right and add up the marks to see if i can pass) and did it again just before i handed in to the teacher. Guess what? i got a whopping 52/80 and man was i happy! :D I know what you guys are thinking, "that's not so good" - but hey! it's a pass! :D Of course i dont really know if i can pass the paper till i get it back. Just gotta pray :D

then it was physics. i think the gundu visualiser fella decided to kill us all. dunno why must set so hard. for the first time i rushed through a physics paper lolz. but nahhh im not gonna fail, at least im confident enough that i wont. If we had studied, im sure the paper woulda been do-able. no worries, my distinction for science is not lost yet, i must fight on!

and guess what peeps? American Idol is coming to its grand finale! It's the tfinal 3 now; David Cook, David Archuleta and ...... (drum rolls) Syesha Mercado! That's right! Syesha! That means Jason Castro is out. I dunno about you, but i went "It's about time he left !" - lol. As usual last week Archuletta stole the show. As Simon said "you didn't beat the competition; you crushed it" my favourite song of the night was Stand By Me and David (Archuleta)brought me to tears when he sang it lolz. Now all that's left is to worry who's gonna be in the finale - David, David or David, Syesha? This time i really cant choose. I love all 3 of em, lolz. But i am really hoping Archuletta claims the tittle, on the count of he's so young (my age group! :D) and man does he have a great voice! what a personality too! lol. All the best for all 3 of em and i am prepared to see a great performance tmr night. :)

Matthew invited me out the other day, for dinner. Since he said it was only him, i figured something was up, so im like, "okok where u wanna meet?" (i was still half asleep when he called me so pardon the reply lol) it was a cool ride to Bishan cuz i saw a bunch of gay couples on the way, and they were not what i expected lolz. For those of you who dont know, Little India is full of all man couples and u can see loads of em Sunday night when the place is jam packed with dudes like there was a $10,000 reward for whoever who could block the road. lol. Poeple pushing and shoving, accidents, lots of noise (and smells! lol) and the police isn't a rare sight at all, they're here to settle the disputes. There was once the furniture in my mom's room was arranged such a way that the TV was facing the window. One faithful night my mom left the window open (as she always does. i tell her to close it but she never listens!) and guess what? "Moms, looks like we have spectators..." A bunch of people gathered outside the window (ground floor house) and was watching that Sunday Night movie with us lolz. i shoulda charged them tickets and popcorn; i coulda made a small profit! lol.

p.s. matthew u really dont have to thank me, cuz i wanted to spend some time with you too; since the last time i saw u was on your birthday which was such a long time ago. It's really cool how u called me 'fashion expert' ! :D hope things are all right now with u and ur girl.
so what was the 'something important' ur daddey wanted to tell u? lolz.

eraidie mos and kavin im waiting for u guys to ask me out lolz.

American Idol

For those of you who have been following the show, you'd know that Brooke White left today, with tears streaming down her face and the sadness in her voice. When she said "thank you" i could really feel that emotion in her. I'm disappointed to see her leave; she has amazing talent!

Last week it was Carly (another shocking elimination) and then there was Michael that left (an earthquake! when he left). What is America voting for? not so sure myself. Sometimes i just wonder why people who cant sing are making it so far - prolly cuz of their looks.

I'm just super sad to see people with good talent leave, cuz they really deserve a shot at being a star - they're great! However, that's America's Idol and they can choose em however they want. But a thumbs up to all the final 10 cuz all of them are great singers :D

maybe someday i could sing like them lolz. XD