Items on my current purchase list :
1. Andy Lau - Coffee or Tea album
2. Zaizai - Mars pictorial book
3. Zaizai - Love Storm VCD
4. Darren Hayes - The Tension and the Spark album
5. S & K clothes? (to get the shopping bag with F4 on it before S.H.E replaces them)
6. Zaizai - Mars VCD
7. Andy Lau - House of Flying Daggers VCD
So many things to buy, so little money...
Land Ahoy! @ 11:40 PM
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Above is the seating plan for the Eagles Farewell concert at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on 18th October. Noticed how even $99 tickets can't get you front view of the band? When i heard news about them coming, i was so tempted to go and my dad was willing to go with me. Ok, some of you may not know who the Eagles are, but i listened to my dad singing their songs when growing up. Hotel California is a classic, so are Love Will Keep Us Alive, Desperado, Take It Easy, Tequila Sunrise, etc. But to be able to hear Hotel California being played live will be like one of the most touching moments in my life. Hehe... But i decided not to go, even though i know i will regret. But cos there's many more concerts coming up, with Jielun, Wu Bai and Andy Lau. It will be quite wilful to spend $225 per ticket (for a better view) for this 3 hour concert. Hai~
Land Ahoy! @ 9:49 AM
Hands Down
Dashboard Confessional
Breathe in for luck
Breathe in so deep
This air is blessed
You share with me
This night is wild
So calm and dull
These hearts they race
From self control
Your legs are smooth
As they graze mine
We're doing fine
We're doing nothing at all
My hopes are so high that your kiss might kill me
So won't you kill me so i die happy
My heart is yours to fill or burst
To break or bury or wear as jewellery
Whichever you prefer
The words are hushed
Let's not get busted
Just lay entwined here undiscovered
Safe in here from all the stupid questions
Hey did you get some
Man that is so dumb
Stay quiet stay near
Stay close they can't hear
So we can get some
Hands down this is the best day i can ever remember
Always remember the sound of the stereo
The dim of the soft lights
The stench of your hair that you twirl in your fingers
And the time on the clock
When we realised it's so late
And this walk that we shared together
The streets were wet and the gate was locked
So i jumped it and i let you in
And you stood at your door
With your hands on my waist
And you kissed me like you meant it
And i knew that you meant it
That you meant it
That you meant it
And i knew that you meant it
That you meant it
Wanted to recommend this long long ago, but Jielun's album got in the way, haha. Some may find this band familar becos they sang the theme song for Spiderman 2. But i knew about them before Spiderman 2 cos i happen to watch them on MTV. i was basically attracted to the lead singer lar cos you rarely see a rock-pop singer decked in western suit, strumming his guitar. So i went on net to find out about them and bascially like a couple of songs of theirs.
The picture is abit blur cos it's a snapshot of the clip from MTV. If you had watched the show, you would have noticed his charisma. Hehe...
Land Ahoy! @ 8:04 AM
i know i have not been updating but school is really screwing up my precious time... haha... In addition to playing a good role to my best friend, ie. telly, i also have to play a role of a good student. i seriously wonder how long can i remain so diligent. i have actually starting reading the textbooks, something i would have never done until days before tests or exams. Please applaud me for turning over a new leaf. Haha...
Enough about school, there are better things in life, for eg. Olympics Athens 2004. Hehe... The only 2 sports that interest me most is of cos Swimming and Tennis. Swimming has Ian Thorpe, Tennis has Juan Carlos Ferrero. Those close to me during JC will know that Ian Thorpe was my number 1 idol at that time cos of Sydney 2000. If you flip through my JC notes, you'll find his name or his nickname, Thorpedo at the bottom of every few pages, haha... These 4 years i didn't really follow him that closely cos SCV don't really show swimming competions. Today after my lecture at Science fac, i went to the toilet and this girl at the door asked her friend to help her take some stuff. And her friend went, "you and your ian thorpe". Then i noticed a September 2000 issue of Reader's Digest with Ian Thorpe on the cover. And how i know so clearly? That's cos i have a copy myself! Haha... It's right beside me now, i almost forgot about its existence man. i must say he look better now, with less acne problem... hoho, not that he had much to begin with. So far he's doing good, with 2 golds in 400m freestyle (an event that he really deserved to win) and 200m freestyle which is a showdown between the hyped Michael Phelps, defending champion Pieter van Hoggenband and Ian Thorpe. And Ian won! Haha, proving that i have good taste, believing that Ian is still the best freestyler ever. Whereas big-ears Phelps talk so loud say want to get 8 golds, yet only won 1 out of 3 events so far. Hoho...
As for Ferrero, he cruised through his first round, beating Hicham Arazi 6-3 6-1. Hopefully he can continue his relatively good form, though Mediacorp doesn't focus on the tennis matches, xianz. Singapore wise, i think can give up hope on the swimmers. Support Susilo and the table tennis players, they have a better chance at the medals.
Land Ahoy! @ 10:12 AM
Yesterday a JC classmate organised a reunion called "Crossroads" for all his friends at his lovely-but-so-hard-to-maintain house. =) So who did he invited? Secondary friends, JC friends, JC seniors, army friends, student council friends and some VIPs... hehe... Our ex-principal. i didn't really understand the purpose of inviting her, but oh well, it's not my party. Our class was pretty punctual today, miracle man. Many turned up at early 7pm. i was pleasantly or should i say, very surprised that the turnout of my class is very good. 11 guys, 7 girls. Last scene of such turnout was witnessed at S's birthday party, at least half a year man. We were all seated comfortably at his spacious garden, hehe. Some people marvelled at the big-ness of his house. i have seen bigger houses and maybe also because i know his background better, so i'm not exactly awed by it. Actually i'm related to him in a funny way, of cos not on family tree basis, but something else, heh heh.
Anyway, moving to my class. So many guys are coming to NUS! Hope to see them in school more often. S was even saying should meet them in school for lunch, everyday different guy, haha... But i will be seeing one of them every Monday and Thursday cos we're taking that spastic module Our Atmosphere : In Chemical Perspective. But it's not Tuang, so nothing to be happy about. Haha... Let me categorise the kind of future graduates our class will be having.
7 engineering graduates
7 business graduates
2 law graduates
1 accountancy graduate
1 arts and social sciences graduate
1 mass communications graduate
1 speech therapy graduate
1 physiotherapy graduate
1 computing graduate
Hmm, cool huh. Really hope to see the guys in school more often, i am so getting sick of the Bizad people. And Tuesday will not be good for this entire semester, sigh... And i will miss working with LL for projects, i am so used to her working style... i hope i don't work with sucky people. Yucks, no more about school.
Past friendships worth hanging on to...
Land Ahoy! @ 9:33 AM
Thursday, August 05, 2004
i was pissed off in the evening, and i went home, i wanted to flare up, all of it on this blog. But i watched Jacky Wu's variety show and you might be glad that you're going to read a milder version of my outburst.
i am sick and tired of being nice, trying to please people and end up taking the stress and yet not able to find anyone to vent my anger on cos the people who are not involved don't deserve me screaming at them. i could have simply bought a small present on my own and heck care about the rest of people. But i asked if they want to chip in becos i don't want to listen to stuff like "eh, why you buy gift never pull me in?" For this case, some didn't even thought of getting a small gift. Ok, he's rich enough to give a party. So what? We're talking about basic courtesy here. As basic as saying "thank you", as basic as giving up your seat on the train to the eldery, as basic as switching off your ringtones in the cinema, as basic as being punctual for meetings. He bothered to fuss himself with all these irritating party details and giving out invitations by post or even personally for my case, what's so difficult about getting a small gift? i can't say for myself that i'm the most courteous person but i believe my upbringing has done enough to make me a likeable person.
And it's always me deciding the kind of gift and me making the purchase. Becos of reasons like "you closer to the person mah", "you more free mah, always go shopping". And in the end, i always do cos i feel bad to reject people and i believed that helping out won't hurt and most importantly, i care about the person who's going to receive the present. And i have to go round asking people whether they want to chip in. Somehow i feel that belief is turning against me and i feel i'm being made use of.
i got so stressed choosing a gift this evening you know. i can understand the budget constraint better than my mum cos i know not everyone can afford it. i don't blame people for that. But i get irritated when i know surely there will be someone who, upon seeing the gift i bought, will think "aiyo, why buy this? not worth it, waste my money". But such people don't help me out with decisions and say "aiyo, you got good taste, i trust you". i can't stand such nonsense. My parents tried to be helpful and help to think of a suitable gift. In the end i was pulling such a black face that when i went home, my mum tried to cheer me up and suggested that i may as well ask the rest of the people to get their own gifts. But will i do that? My heart is too soft to do that. Cos i know people don't have time to do the purchase. Do people know if i don't speak about it? No. They will end up saying "you think too much, we'll accept anything that you bought". But that is until i voiced out my thoughts aint it. i love presents given by people who have given effort to bother to find the most suitable present and so i try to do the same. But it seems few people are on same frequency with me. And so, i didn't end up buying anything and i have to settle it tomorrow.
i don't like to mean and i now feel like deleting this post becos i know those who read it will feel bad. But i don't want to bottle everything inside anymore. If you're not generous, don't expect people to be generous. i hate to ask people for help cos i don't like to own favours but i try to help as much as possible. i will ask people who are truly very da fang for help cos it will make me happy when i get to help them the next time. And i know one such person.
i'm tired, i spoke and i'll be fine tomorrow so don't bother to ask about it. Sorry to worry the rest not involved.
Land Ahoy! @ 8:42 AM
Wednesday, August 04, 2004
圆游会
周杰伦
琥珀色黄昏像糖在很美的远方
你的脸没有化妆我却疯狂爱上
思念跟影子在傍晚一起被拉长
我手中那张入场券陪我数羊
薄荷色草地芬芳像风没有形状
我却能够牢记你的气质和脸庞
冷空气跟琉璃在清晨很有透明感
像我的喜欢 被你看穿
摊位上一朵艳阳 我悄悄出现你身旁
你慌乱的模样 我微笑安静欣赏
我顶着大太阳 只想为你撑伞
你靠在我肩膀 深呼吸怕遗忘
因为捞鱼的蠢游戏我们开始交谈
多希望话题不断圆游会永不打烊
汽球在我手上 我牵着你瞎晃
有话想对你讲 你眼睛却装忙
鸡蛋糕跟你嘴角果酱我都想要尝
圆游会影片在播放 这个世界约好一起逛
Doesn't this song remind you of the first date you had with that someone? Heez, so sweet, so innocent, so simple. i so missed the old days but we have to grow up eventually, sigh...
Land Ahoy! @ 9:14 PM
It's time for the annual review of Jay's album. Please change your encoding to Simplified Chinese, sit back and enjoy. =p
我昨天去拿杰伦的CD时，也很迫不及待地带了CD player，因为想第一时间听到整张专辑。但以下的乐评是我听了大概有十遍才写的。
1.
我的地盘 - 这首歌充分了做到引人入胜的效果，让我对接下的九首好期待。前奏有点 disney 卡通配乐的影子，然后竟然演变成他拿手的 rap。你不能不佩服他不规律的想法。方文山还是一样的棒。歌词充分地表达杰伦的想法，“
在我地盘这，你就得听我的” 好像想告诉大家 “我的歌就是这样，你爱听不听。” 超吊。杰伦在这首歌也有特别的唱腔，故意把句子的结尾唱得有卷舌的感觉。总之，很喜欢就对了。
2.
七里香 - 这首相信大家并不陌生。通常我不会喜欢第一主打歌，但是七里香有那么一点点特别。很多人说这是
晴天的 延续版，可能吧。编曲上没什么新意，但我很喜欢歌词，没办法，方文山是个天才。=) 这样的形容一点也不夸张。唱腔上还可以，但和合声编写很赞。如果你还不知道的话，杰伦每一张的专辑的合声都是自己的声音，而且编写合声的人也是他。合声比 main 声还困难，有choir 经验就会明白。讲到我好像很有经验，哈哈。。。
3.
借口 - 听完后，感觉就是，杰伦，这是什么歌呀？它是一首情歌，但以杰伦的水准，这首算差耶。单单是旋律我都没办法记得，即使是听了数十边。根本就是从
分裂，
半岛铁盒，
安静，
轨迹这里拿一点，那里拿一点，然后拼成一首歌。连歌词也是一样。虽然杰伦做的词没像方文山那么美，但他的词胜在於他写的东西都很 personal，感觉很真实。超失望，第三首就听到这种东西。更费解的是，网上竟然很多人都喜欢这首耶。真是不懂。
4.
外婆 - 我想
借口是杰伦不太清醒的时候写的。因为他还是能写出像
外婆这样的东西呀！旋律是一贯杰伦的风格，惊讶的是词。虽然没像
梯田那么震撼，但很 personal。有一段是 “
否定我的作品，决定在于心情，想坚持风格他们却觉得还欧颗 (OK)，没惊喜没有改变，我已经听了三年，我告诉外婆，我没输，不需要改变” 这段是在说他的[八度空间]在去年台湾金曲奖没赢到半个奖的时候。很婉转地骂那些认为他的专辑一直没改变的人。那些人就包括我，哈哈。。。
5.
将军 - Panasonic 最新的广告用了里头的一小段。Chorus 部分很好记，旋律不容易忘，即使只是听过一边。写词人是
以父之名的写词人，很多人拿他跟方文山比较，但我觉得方文山的风格是柔，黄俊郎的风格则是刚。听不懂？算了，=P 唯一共同点是，他们的词都太难记啦！每出一张专辑就要考我背词的功力。太折磨人啦！
6.
搁浅 - 另一首情歌。杰伦的情歌好像没什么突破。
安静好像是顶峰了。CD宣传上说 “他飙过最高音的一首歌。。。” 对我来说，
黑色幽默才算高音好不好。但至少这首比
借口好听多了。这次用了新的作词人，感觉还OK啦。
7.
乱舞春秋 - 前奏就让我想起
印地安老斑鸠。虽然编曲没新意，可是旋律的演变很棒，后头还加了一个很搞笑的东东。歌词就延续
双节棍，
龙拳的中国风。好像每一张都必须要有这样的东西。Well，没变就是变。
8.
困兽之斗 - 续
借口之后的另外一“佳作”。陶
吉吉做摇滚，我没话说。可是杰伦根本不是摇滚的料，干吗去做呢。上次的
懦夫就证明了这一点，现在又来一个
困兽之斗。歌命还蛮炫，可是歌词没啥内容。我一直都不太欣赏刘
田井宏的词，不明白杰伦干吗还用他。
9.
园游会 - 终于回到我熟悉的杰伦了！是创作
可爱女人，
龙卷风的杰伦。回到创作的原始，这种音乐才感人。好怀念第一专辑的杰伦。我不在乎编曲上的华丽，简单就是美丽。
园游会就是做到这一点。如果歌词是由徐若萱来填的话，就很完美。可是歌命也太饶舌了吧，=P
10.
止战之殇 - 很
以父之名的感觉。因为外国的风格很重。我最爱编曲里头的钢琴了！杰伦最拿手的钢琴，当然不会差到那里去。为什么我没有弹钢琴的天分。。。=(
总的来说，水准当然是比一班华语唱片好，可是我相信杰伦还是能做得更好。可能用一年制作唱片对他来说，还是不够吧。明天放一首给你们试听，大概知道是那一首吧。=) 大家要支持正版！不要只是下载噢！
Land Ahoy! @ 11:23 AM
August is going to be a good month. Well, if the first day of the month went well, the rest can't be bad right? Haha stupid logic. But anyway, i'm a happy girl today. First, i get to watch my weekly dose of 综艺这个礼拜六最好笑, hosted by Xiao Zhu. So i downloaded on Saturday night then Sunday morning i can laugh my heart out cos the variety show is super funny. In addition, yesterday was the first episode of my dearest Zai~ newest drama, 战神 MARS. So i also downloaded it and watched it in the afternoon. i must say Zai~ is really getting more and more shuai. The way he handles the 900cc motorbike is so...shuai. Of cos we cannot forget about his ever improved acting. =p i love the show. i awreadi watched the first episode twice. i can't wait for next Saturday to come cos it's broadcasted weekly. And the theme song is so damn good that i'm repeating it in my winamp. Of cos not sung by Zai~, hehe...
Besides telly, other things can also make me happy! Haha... for example, fireworks! Yupz, i went to watch the fireworks, with my parents. Being kaisu Singaporeans, we reached Marina Square around 3pm plus for fear that the carpark will be full. Then we walked around, with nothing much to see. We moved on to Citylink Mall, then to Raffles City where we had dinner. 6pm plus, we proceeded to Esplanade to pick a nice spot. Many people were there with their groundsheets, food, drinks and all, enjoying their nice Sunday picnic. Haha... But anyway, we didn't really know exactly where the fireworks will be released so we just picked a relatively empty spot, at the breakwater. Then, it started to drizzle and some people went off. But we stayed of cos, cannot give up the spot so easily. Hehe... 7pm plus, more and more people came behind us. Finally 8.10pm, the fireworks started and the wait was all worth while. Cos the fireworks was freaking released right in front of me! Like they were specially displayed for me. =) As i watched and ignored about whether my videocam was capturing the display properly, i was simply awed. The person who invented fireworks is a genius. The fireworks were so beautiful that i almost want to cry at one point. i love fireworks. Never mind that we took 10 mins to queue up to pay for our parking fee and 30 mins to get out of the carpark. If someone propose to me using fireworks, i'll marry him immediately. =)
Land Ahoy! @ 10:49 AM
