November 19, 2003
wah...my blog has been so stagnant....
ok...let me start from last wednesday.......i went to sentosa chalet with my family..to be precise...only my mother, my brother, my grandma and me....so it seems to me tt my brother is like fu2 lao3 xie2 you4 (which means bringing the elderly and the young)...thank goodness only four of us..or else there will be not enough place for us to sleep in tt pathetic small chalet....i advise ppl not to apply for NTUC sentosa beach chalet..though it is quite convenient in terms of transport and near to the beach....
THE CHALET ROOM IS EVEN SMALLER THAN MY ROOM!!!...those who went to my house before should noe the size of the chalet room by now...i think all the units there are the same...and another thing to note is the poor service..
they dun even clear the rubbish for u.....and although there is only two beds..they dun even provide extra pillows...and the sliding door for the shower cannot be opened fully...so even i have to go in sideways like a crab....
on thu.......we went to the nature work cum dragon trail.....quite nice...except tt the mosquitoes have a great breakfast source from me and there seems to be invisible spider webs everywhere..but i like the dragon trail the best =)....there are interesting "architecture" here and there..like the serpents, the imbiah falls, the scenery on top of mount imbiah and the best of all..THE DRAGON TRAIL...just beware the mosquitoes though...after tt it is breakfast...
next is sijori wondergolf..under faye's recommendation =P....i also recommend this...for it is damn fun....there is 18 holes to try for the adventurous course..the most basic one...and quite cheap....$6 for each person...w/o any time limit..and have to pay a $10 refundable deposit for the equipment...but one advice is tt not to swing to hard..or else u will lose the ball...my brother and i lost it twice......but got it back luckily...whew....anyway...quite fun for beginners...=P....merlion is ok.....just see the scenery...and i bought three keychains...very interesting but expensive ones....cost $8.70 in total....went to the enchanted grove of tembusu...mainly to see the old man who became a tree.....but not very interesting though.....the second last programme for tt day was cinemania...which i wanted to go..but i gave up the idea when i see how scary izzit....it is actally a virtual reality attraction..if those who dunno..where there is a screen of u....and u watch it while the chair moves...tt kind of thing...but somehow..i kind of regret not daring to take it...=(....
lastly..it is a whole ride on the monorail...it is ok i guess...just tt my butt hurts a lot....the worst thing abt this trip is the expenses on food...for 4 meals out of the three days two nights in sentosa..my family spent $101.30....and the cheapest is the dinner we got from 7-11 quickbites...haiz...
on sunday...i have NAFA audition...i hope tt i can get into NAFA....cos the teachers there are professional...and the teaching in NAFA compared to outside music schools or private teachers would be better...but i also noe tt there is a very big chance of not getting in cos of three reasons..one is they deemed me as over-aged...cos they preferred 12-year-olds in the middle of diploma and not a 14-year-old haven't started diploma...secondly is tt my playing isn't tt gd...esp. compared those who went into NAFA at a very young age...thirdly..i didn't touch my piano for three weeks already...so on saturday i was doing last-minute preparations...siighz..so on sunday...i made such an embarassment of myself...i didn't noe which kind of performing diploma i wanted to take...DIPrsm (izzit called like tt??) or LRSM...haiz..worst thing is tt i m damn nervous after the teacher talk a bit to me..so my playing sux....i dun think i will be accepted...cos according to the teacher..i lack foundation (which i noe)....siiighz....i finally realise the importance of having a good teacher since young.....cos my past teachers only emphasize on exam pieces...and didn't give me much finger exercises...and the sadder thing is tt my mum didn't noe tt NAFA have part time courses..or else when i was young she would register for me to go the audition...siiiighz....now wad i can do is to dig out all the finger exercises book i have to practise and decide shld i go christofori, have a private teacher, or be a private student under tt NAFA student..although i haven't noe whether i am accepted or not..but most likely cannot get in...
bbq is fun...and one big improvement is tt food tastes very good...as usual..shaun brought fried rice..but not many ppl ate it...one suggestion for shaun..perhaps just bring one tray is enough.....one sad thing is tt i didn't go and cycle...but it is quite comical to see mOo and kelly cycle tt two-people bicycle (dunno wad it is called)...faye was sad tt sun..we were playing ji gou ba as usual....and she usually comes out ba and i gu..so it is her habit to after saying ji gou ba then straightaway change to gu..cos i won't change...then when we are playing a new game..she suddenly said ji gou gu....siiighz.....wad a sad mei....dun tell me i always come out gu and dun change and u can cut short the start of the game?????...haiz....another funny thing is tt when we were having the bbq....
claire took a bite of a newly cooked sausage and ran off....
Faye and I: Yiming...come here for a while!!
mOo and Yiming came over
Yiming: What?
I: Yiming...eat this.....
Yiming ate
Yiming: What's wrong with it??
Faye and I: Cos' Claire took a bite before you....
out comes the third finger from the quacking Yiming
ok..maybe not so funny...but care heck...allison, samuel, claire and shaun were playing strip poker...and i think samuel and claire were the most pitiful ones....shan't go into details..but claire-mei..if u dun want to strip..then dun play or else win..you lose u also have to strip regardless u are a guy or girl.....though yiming would hope tt u lose =P...
another happy thing is my cello teacher went to china for two weeks...SO NO SHANGYIN FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS!!!....except tt when she comes back my friends and i will have an additional combined shangyin from 2.30 to 5p.m. every tuesday for two weeks to practise for the upcoming concert next year january....
siiighz...wad a long entry...
just moved on @ 4:54:00 PM...