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Sunday, August 31, 2008

Busy Weekend

30/08/08
Morning:
Went for modelling class
Yes, MODELling~
Learn to walk on high heels...
Imagine, I AM THE SHORTEST IN THE CLASS!!!

Afternoon:
Rotaract Club dry run
Good one~

Evening+Night:
Malaysia's MERDEKA DAY count-down
went back to NUS High and meet the juniors
BBQ and chatting and card games and..
HTHT (heart-to-heart-talk) -- not very successful~
At last had the count-down at 12 o'clock
and 3 MERDEKA shouts (but quite soft as compared to precious years)
Anyway...celebration was well done
A great applause to the juniors
they managed to prepare all the food and stuff for us so many seniors =)

After the celebration, had to walk back to hostel
no more buses...difficult and expensive if to take a cab back
Walk for almost 1 hour...reached hostel around 1:30am
TIRED~

31/08/08
Morning:
Went shopping with Sang
Oo... =D

Evening:
Pot Lucky (Buffet) for Residence 3
Had a great variety of food from different countries and ethnics
Yummy yummy~


Hmmm...weekend passing by just like this
and I didnt revise and read my genetics paper yet
next wed will be the 1st test...
OMG~
god bless please...

Friday, August 29, 2008

Uni Life

Finally used to the rhythm in uni...
Basically it's about sleeping late and wake up late (for me)
Rushing to lectures during daytime and getting tired by CCA at night
Not much private time, but only after 10pm
when I finally can stay silently in room
Trying to make full use of the limited time,
hence resulting in the lack of sleep and rest

Many people said my room (or myself) is very "domestic"
I have rice cooker, water boiler, cookies, snacks, pasta and lots of food here
as if I moved the entire bedroom and kitchen from my home
can really feel HOME in my room
love it~

Thanks for the 2 years in JC, I've learnt to be independent
the ways of studying and having lectures are similar to what I've been through
no big worries...
just that in uni really need more self-study,
can't depend on lecturers and TAs alone...

Unlike what we had in Sec sch and JC,
there's no fixed form class in uni
So I don't really have fixed classmates
Have to learn to make friends wherever you go
in lecture halls, tutorial classes, labs and cca
This forces me to talk and say HI! to people around,
which I'm always too lazy to do so
Anyway, have been improving a lot already
made quite some new friends around,
won't be lonely during lectures, tutorials and labs anymore
Cheers =)

There will be the 1st test next Wed
haiz...got to study now...
Should set a target, perhaps...
CAP 4.0?!!
Haha don't dare to expect too high
期望越大,失望越大~
尽力而为吧……

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

한글

안녕하제요?
저는 차이 위에링입니다.
말레이시에서 왔어요.
지금 싱가포르에 살아요.
만나서 반갑습니다.

今天,学用韩文写出自己的名字
才发现,我的汉名没法用韩文好好发音
Cai Yue Ling 被逼写成 Ca-I Wi-E Ring(차이 위에링)
好好的三个字,用韩文发音却成了5个字
-_____-'''
顶多将Wi-e浓缩成Wue,还是有4个字
想想,既然都这样长了,还是用Wi-E吧,比较接近Yue

听了别人的名字,发现其实韩文的发音是有限的
比如说,它没有“f(佛)”这一个声母,
也没有“yu(雨)”这个韵母(所以拼不出我的“乐”)
但是它多了很多“怪怪”的韵母
有些还挺难发音的

要加把劲儿咯!

Friday, August 22, 2008

Piano

去了趟Jintao家,弹琴、选表演曲目
一一开始,Jintao就教了我一个蛮有用的“技巧”——热身
哈哈~
因为我好久没碰钢琴了,手指不再习惯碰琴键的感觉
Jintao也看出来了,便叫我用力“敲琴键”
然后十指向内曲,用力推钢琴~
总之就是想尽办法将力量集中在十个指尖上
以便等一下弹琴的时候,才会“踏实”
嗯~
很有效哦!
做了这些热身后,就不再那么怕琴键
手指尖也比较有感觉了!

接着弹了近一个小时的琴
虽然没有以前的水准了,但十分满足
有Jintao在一旁鼓励着,弹琴的信心又回来了

真的多亏了Jintao
有缘认识她,真的是一种福分哪!

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Racing in uni

好忙~快两个星期了,还是没法完全适应大学生活。

每一堂课都像在赛跑似的
讲师飞也似的将讲义带过就算~

上完了一课,就得飞快的赶去下一堂课
最最糟糕的,得在15分钟内跨越Faculty去上课
死死碰上Peak Hour,巴士挤不上,
偏偏讲师老早说了“不可迟到,否则扣分!”

这样“赶路”下去,会短命的!

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Demoralising

拜二去了趟华乐笛子的练习
华乐的热情和在我心中美好的印象,被大大地打了折扣
或许是因为以前在英华,乐队的水平不很高
所以,我竟也可以上台表演、比赛、甚至独奏一段
沈老师的耐心指导,让我感动
平时上小组课的时候,郭老师的教导更是让我感激
英华的华乐团,让我留下不少美好的回忆

而国大的华乐团呢……
基本上不适合我吧……
第一、我的水准和资历不高也不低,
上不了台,却也无法呆在初学者群中浪费时间
第二、其他人的水准实在太高了
Sight-read我没问题,问题出在手指不够人家快
第三、那个笛子老师要求蛮高的
不会像以前郭老师那样,慢慢一个一个教,
毕竟其他人都是老手+高手了
我啊……算了吧……

今天,去练钢琴,准备Audition
唉……
我没法适应那个钢琴的琴键,
外加很久很久很久没有弹琴了,手指根本动不起来
越弹越乱,越弹越慌
没法儿将一首曲子好好地弹完
怎办?!!后天就Audition了!

曾几何时,吹笛子、弹琴是我的拿手好戏
却因为一年多两年没碰乐器,
什么都完蛋了~
节奏好、会视谱又怎样!
手指却再也快不起来了
心痛……欲哭无泪……

Very demoralising arrr....

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Reversi

Intellectual Games
原本打算去学玩围棋的
但是,唯一一个会玩的Senior不得空教
只得自己看着"notes"摸索,无聊~
最终决定换其他Board Game
选上了黑白棋Reversi

以前常常玩无敌词典的黑白棋,满熟悉的
原本打算和Mandy下,结果一个Senior却说:
“我跟你们两个下~”
嗯,一个人同时下两盘棋哟~
我就想:肯定是个高人

下着下着,嘿,我的白棋占蛮多的嘛~
沾沾自喜~
再下着下着,他说了句话:
“你数一数白棋下一步有几个Legal Move”————7个
“然后再数一数黑棋有几个”————11个
天哪~
表面上我的白棋是居多的,
可事实上,我却面临着危机,
黑棋就快反败为胜了
果然不错,我下错了一步
结果……
最后惨败,只剩下4颗白棋

另一边,Mandy和Ronald“双剑合璧”努力抵抗
结果,还是输了,仅剩近十子
天哪~

那个怪物Senior太强了
完完全全显示“Reversi"的奥妙
“Reversi”之所以叫“Reversi”,
就是因为它可以让玩家扭转看似惨败的局面,反败为胜
哦~被吸引住了!

(有一点我很奇怪,为什么那个怪物Senior一直在讲华语,
还讲得挺标准的,英文听起来不是很好
猜想他是Malaysian,嘿,却是道道地地的Singaporean喔~
不简单、不简单……)

《12莲花》

09/09/08(日)



陪Sang去Vivo City
她去SA1 Class Outing,等的当儿我就到处走走逛逛
逛着逛着,就逛到电影院前
人山人海,周末,正常吧~
原本打算掉头去别的地方,可是,
嘿嘿……
怎么铺红地毯呢?!
仔细一看,还搭了个舞台咧~
天哪!
是12莲花的电影首映礼!
难不成那些剧中主角会现身现场?
反正我没事做,就钻进人群中凑热闹

等着等着,猛然听到一把熟悉的声音
“大家好,我是933DJ的丁志勇!”“我是丽仪!”
天喏!933DJ~
看来我是等对了!

过不久,Royston Tan 陈子谦就出现在红地毯尾端、踏上舞台
哇哇,还蛮帅的~
呵呵……
剧中演员也接二连三地登场
有些是认识的、有些是看过可是不懂名字的、有些是默默无名的幕后工作人员
几乎所有演员,都穿上“歌台服装”,挺夸张的!
黄奕良原来也参与了演出,还饰演虐打孩子的恶爸爸(讽刺)
迷路兵两位成员也出席了(虽然他们没有参与OST制作)

最后,王欣和戚玉武终于出场了!!
戚玉武耶!!!
哈哈……

最后压轴出场的是玲玲姐
同样是“歌台服饰”
是漂亮的乜~

哈!
看了这么多艺人,好兴奋哦~

最后拍了大合照,他们就进入戏院“首映”去咯
呵呵
戚玉武还特地垫后,留下来给影迷拍照
还跟一个女生交谈了几句,哦羡慕~
冷冷酷酷的,却也有和善的一面啦
最最重要的是,
我终于有机会拍到他的close-up了
近距离的哟!
兴奋兴奋~

可真是幸运的一天哪!
误打误撞就这样看到了这么多明星
哈!

Saturday, August 9, 2008

Youth Developer Group

两个星期前,在Matric Fair误打误撞碰到Ms Sng
糊里糊涂写下名字,Sign up for Youth Developer Group《青年发展学会》
今天,
也莫名其妙地去了趟"orientation/discussion session"
惊讶地发现————
怎全是中国人呀?!!
除了Ms Sng是道地的新加坡人,我和Sang是马来西亚人,
其余的六、七人都是中国人……

刚开始的时候,浑身不自在
"Host" Jintao一张口就提到了中国、北京奥运
整屋子的中国人都很兴奋地在讨论着中国的近代发展、
中国的文化和历史什么的
虽不至于听得满头雾水,但也觉得很不自在
心里老在想:我怎么会在这里啊!
感觉自己好多余
Sang, paiseh...把你拖下水,不好意思

听听Jintao的人生旅途和其他人经历
发现,原来中国人是这么的热血沸腾
就拿Jintao来说,
毕业于上海音乐学院,放下中国的大好前途
决定来到新加坡这“文化的沙漠”来搞音乐
她那种一心想推广文化与音乐交流的精神,震撼人心哪~
大伙儿围着吃火锅时,提起北京奥运,
个个都显得激情万分
谈到那开幕庆典的表演时,脸上更是散发着光荣与骄傲
中国人的民主精神
我今天,是深深地体验到了~

在Jintao家待了四个多小时
终于可以回宿舍了……
好心的Ms Sng还驾车送我们会NUS,
感激感激……

回到了PGP,Ms Sng还介绍了一位韩国交流生给我们认识
名叫“宝贝”,呵呵……
“宝贝”将负责《青年发展学会》的Modelling项目
是的,模特儿走秀!
哈哈,有机会的话,我可能会跟她学习Modelling
乘机调整自己身体的姿态,顺便训练训练胆量和自信心
“宝贝”是韩国人,
交了这个朋友的话,说不定可以跟她学韩文
以后有机会去首尔大学,也就好办事儿啦~
呵呵……

很富有艺术、音乐、文化的一个下午/晚上
更不同国界的人交流,其实也是一种享受
获益不浅哪!

Thursday, August 7, 2008

CORS

Kinda hate the CORS now...
At first, it was "wonderful"~
..since Life Sciences students are pre-allocated 3 core modules
and my korean module is pre-allocated too
so don't need to worry about the points and bidding stuff
just bid for elective module (for fun...lol)

While the other students (esp the FASS ppl) are having headache over their modules
I'm actually relaxing and be idle..
everything seems to be perfect
until SPS pop up
and I'm actually facing the worst ever nightmare..
TIMETABLE CLASH with my Korean class!!

SPS vs Korean
which one I prefer the most?
Talking about passion and interest, I'll choose Korean for sure
but talking about the importance, perhaps I should go for SPS

OMG~
"conflik jiwa" again

Now waiting for the SPS interview result...
hope I'll get it, hoping I won't get it at the same time...
urgggghhh...

Saturday, August 2, 2008

Virtual World

这几天上了个游戏网站,viwawa.com
很像Yahoo!Games,只不过只有六七种游戏罢了
“有趣”的地方,是可以自创“娃娃”
玩游戏的当儿,可以和其他玩家聊天

开始的时候,我的娃娃是没穿衣的(因为没钱没衣服)
玩了两天,有了点钱,就给娃娃打扮起来
弄得蛮可爱+sweet的
哈~
结果问题就出现了
每次玩游戏时,尤其是麻将,
一些玩家(男生)就会跟我打招呼
然后废话几句聊着聊着,就add as friend
有一个马来西亚的怪人给我电话号码,叫我sms他
(结果被我骗说,我现在人在欧洲)
另一个spore的,叫我msn他……

他们就不怕musicalbell是个男扮女装的娃娃吗?
据说,我有个表弟就是这样骗到了一个人
那人打电话去他家时,才猛然惊觉对方其实是个男生~
-________-'''

Virtual World
一切都是假的~

Friday, August 1, 2008

Injured

在外一人,很容易受伤。
就连下个楼梯,也会一不小心,
就扭伤了脚。
原以为只是轻微的扭到,不管它、继续走了一整天。
结果,下午的时候,
是痛到~
就连脚板稍微碰到地面,没走路,都会痛到骨子里去。
晚上赶紧擦药、贴萨隆巴斯、DIY包扎~

隔天早上醒来,诶~不痛了喔~
高高兴兴去了PC Fair和Matric Fair
拿了很多传单,满足~
结果结果……
晚上吃了晚饭,那个ankle界越来越痛
还肿了起来!
天哪~

结果,接下来的一天,
我选择哪里都不去,呆在宿舍的范围内就好
今天呢,就决定除了厕所,就尽量呆在房内,
足不出门!

受伤,不好受~
心被狠狠刺一刀,更不好受~