Er... I dunno which one's scarier: we don't need to use our hands because someone / something will feed us; Or, the chef has no hand(s?) !
Monday, December 05, 2005
Sunday, December 04, 2005
Bangkok Tour! (Day 1)
Aye, it'z zee veree veree long December travelogue time again! Nah, gonna keep it short and simple this year, coz (a) I went to Bangkok to bloody WORK, not PLAY, so not much luck at taking nice pictures there (still got some, though), and (b) I already met the love of my life last year! :D
So, on a warm and sunny Sunday morning in sleepy Singapore, we left for the even warmer and sunnier Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand's still pretty much a developing country (reminds me of some of the rural towns in M'sia x 100 in size). Its development is so behind that of M'sia and S'pore, even its time is 1 hour behind us! :P :P :P
OK, non-PC jokes aside... This is my first time in Bangkok (read: my THIRD foreign country in 26 years), but the run-down charm of the place does strike a chord in me, reminds me of Seremban, M'sia. One thing that struck me was the highways. They're so bloody huge! Not that I'm a mountain tortoise and therefore never see a highway before, but it's just that these highways are so sprawlingly confusing, I wonder if anyone actually lost their way on these elevated mammoths and never come down from it. What a nightmare that would be... stranded on a highway above ground level with nowhere else to go but forward, and couldn't find an exit to escape the inevitable END of the road... COOL! (I'm twisted, doncha know?)
Ahem... sorry for sidetracking again. Anyway, the 4 choirs that performed in the Singapore Sports School concert were all here, in the pristine (Riiiiiiiiiight...) Bangkok Palace hotel. We started our practice after dinner. The kids were obviously tired, the practice venue was obviously hot, the teachers were obviously jet-lagged, the music CD was obviously too soft or too loud (no piano for my dear, can you believe THAT??). Too bad that these things were not obvious enough for the conductor, so he was obviously pissed off. DUH!
So far so good for our first day in the Land of a Thousand Smiles(tm)!
So, on a warm and sunny Sunday morning in sleepy Singapore, we left for the even warmer and sunnier Bangkok, Thailand. Thailand's still pretty much a developing country (reminds me of some of the rural towns in M'sia x 100 in size). Its development is so behind that of M'sia and S'pore, even its time is 1 hour behind us! :P :P :P
OK, non-PC jokes aside... This is my first time in Bangkok (read: my THIRD foreign country in 26 years), but the run-down charm of the place does strike a chord in me, reminds me of Seremban, M'sia. One thing that struck me was the highways. They're so bloody huge! Not that I'm a mountain tortoise and therefore never see a highway before, but it's just that these highways are so sprawlingly confusing, I wonder if anyone actually lost their way on these elevated mammoths and never come down from it. What a nightmare that would be... stranded on a highway above ground level with nowhere else to go but forward, and couldn't find an exit to escape the inevitable END of the road... COOL! (I'm twisted, doncha know?)
Ahem... sorry for sidetracking again. Anyway, the 4 choirs that performed in the Singapore Sports School concert were all here, in the pristine (Riiiiiiiiiight...) Bangkok Palace hotel. We started our practice after dinner. The kids were obviously tired, the practice venue was obviously hot, the teachers were obviously jet-lagged, the music CD was obviously too soft or too loud (no piano for my dear, can you believe THAT??). Too bad that these things were not obvious enough for the conductor, so he was obviously pissed off. DUH!
So far so good for our first day in the Land of a Thousand Smiles(tm)!
Thursday, December 01, 2005
Oh crap...
Boy oh boy, am I excited! My principal has gotten Capitaland to hire my choir to carol at 3 venues during the holiday! I'm forced to come back to S'pore earlier! I got less time to spend in Malaysia! WOOPEE! Oh crappy crap cow dung of an assignment...
Anyway, I had to take photos of the choir girls after their practice today. Well, I have to admit that the colour coordination does look quite good. If only that helps to ease my DUH-ness to have to come back to S'pore earlier...
Anyway, I had to take photos of the choir girls after their practice today. Well, I have to admit that the colour coordination does look quite good. If only that helps to ease my DUH-ness to have to come back to S'pore earlier...
Monday, November 28, 2005
Tied the knot, then forgot all about it
Click here to read my Sec school's blog about one of my friend's wedding BBQ party.
Coincidentally, it fell on the same day as Shu Min's wedding day, and I'd forgotten all about it! Darn... and I blogged about her housewarming party somemore... I guess I was too caught up in the concert frenzy and Bangkok tour preparation that it slipped my mind completely! So so paiseh if you're reading this now, my friend... Sorry!
Coincidentally, it fell on the same day as Shu Min's wedding day, and I'd forgotten all about it! Darn... and I blogged about her housewarming party somemore... I guess I was too caught up in the concert frenzy and Bangkok tour preparation that it slipped my mind completely! So so paiseh if you're reading this now, my friend... Sorry!
Saturday, November 26, 2005
Concert(s)!
Er... not MY concert, if that's what you assumed from the post title... Prior to my choir tour to Bangkok, we (well, the conductor actually) thought it's a GREAT idea to hold not one, but TWO pre-tour concerts to raise fund for the trip.
So, for all the bright SAT kids out there, picture this: if holding a concert for 1 primary school choir of 20 kids is to hammering 9-inch nails up your nostrils, then what is holding 2 concerts for 4 primary school choirs of 130 kids to?
A) Hammering 9-inch nails into your eyes.
B) Jamming thumb tacks into your toes.
C) Pulling the 9-inch nails out of your nostrils.
D) All of the above.
So, to keep the long story short, we were able to haul 130 fidgety, whiny, ungrateful brats all the way to the new Singapore Sports School (it's far, but it's cheap) and had our concert. My biggest consolation out of this whole shebangnigan was that my dear was the concert pianist! If only the kids knew why I enjoy watching them practice... :P
Anyway, it's history now, so just enjoy these pics! :)
So, for all the bright SAT kids out there, picture this: if holding a concert for 1 primary school choir of 20 kids is to hammering 9-inch nails up your nostrils, then what is holding 2 concerts for 4 primary school choirs of 130 kids to?
A) Hammering 9-inch nails into your eyes.
B) Jamming thumb tacks into your toes.
C) Pulling the 9-inch nails out of your nostrils.
D) All of the above.
So, to keep the long story short, we were able to haul 130 fidgety, whiny, ungrateful brats all the way to the new Singapore Sports School (it's far, but it's cheap) and had our concert. My biggest consolation out of this whole shebangnigan was that my dear was the concert pianist! If only the kids knew why I enjoy watching them practice... :P
Anyway, it's history now, so just enjoy these pics! :)
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