Singing Live

There was an open mike in Jurong West and it's going to continue till 13 June. I personally have something against that date. Anyways, let's not digress. Mabel and I went to perform today! :) Both of us performed live for the first time without any other purposes like auditioning for some singing competition or with the choir. It was for pure exposure :)

And I must say we did pretty well. We were both nervous but based on what I saw, I couldn't see that Mabel was scared. She acted calm pretty well :D And according to her I didn't seem one bit nervous either! Three cheers for US!

I sang Breakeven by The Script and she sang The One That Got Away by Katy Perry. According to my knowledge, I know I got every single note right. So I am satisfied :) I am a perfectionist when it comes to certain matters, and being a choir member for 6 years has made me a stickler for getting the notes right. The only sad thing is that none of our friends were there to watch us =/

But that doesn't matter. We sang so that we get exposure and we both did good and that's all that matters! Mabel told me this was the best I ever sang on stage! :) Will do this again after As! Time to concentrate on studying now. Had too much fun this holidays already. Means I haven't been studying :/

Mabel looking like a rocker :) 

Tafn. Good luck with studying everyone :) Have a fruitful holiday!

The Final One Live

Last Wednesday, Brielle, Judy, Mazi, Mabel, Zhiqi, Wendy, Shamira and I went to watch the Final One. Here are some pictures:

Mabel and I, pre-event

In the lift. Sun was a bit too bright ><

The set of Final One

What we wore for the live show!

Brielle and I. Are we photogenic or what? xD

my ticket! :)

Taufik Batisha, Judge. Photo taken by Mazi!

The contestants! Photo taken by Mazi! 

With besties Mabel and Judy! I know you can't see me -.-

Group shot! :) 

Pretty little ladies 

The Awesome Threesome 

  I must say we had some trouble finding the Mediacorp Studio and had to change several buses just to get there. LOL. Thanks Judy and Mabel for being such awesome navigators and so skillful at using Google Map. Without you guys, we would all be lost and late for the event! To anyone going there in the future, the best route would be from Farrer Park MRT station, there is a direct bus from there! :) 

The stupid thing is that in the midst of being lost, it started to drizzle and most of us did not bring an umbrella. -.- 

Anyways, upon reaching there I saw Mardiana, my ex Fuhua senior who is a supporter of Jean, a contestant of The Final One, and is also a close friend of hers. :) And guess what? We got really good seats despite the fact that we were kinda late! Brielle, Wendy and I got front row seats!! And the others were either in the 2nd, 3rd or 4th row, so all of us had a really good view! And yes, we all appeared on TV several times. :D 5 seconds of fame. HAHA

The contestants who performed that day were pretty good! My personal faves were Louisa and Glen! I liked Rico in the previous round but felt that he chose the wrong song to sing that day :/ I voted for Glen at the end of the show. We didn't stay to watch the results show though, most of us had to go home. 

I wanted to get a photo with Taufik but he went backstage before I could chase after him. WHAT A WASTE OMG :( Nvm, AT LEAST I GOT A PHOTO WITH HARRIS. *spasms* 

With the handsome Harris!

I know he doesn't look that appealing in this picture but it's just the lighting ok, he is normally very handsome. Judy and I were spasming when we saw him! THANK YOU MAZI AND ZHIQI FOR HELPING US BY APPROACHING HIM TO ASK IF WE CAN TAKE A PHOTO WITH HIM. LOVE U. We(Judy and I) were being wimps and didn't dare to ask -.- It would have been such a regret if we missed the chance. 

HE LOOKED AT ME. 

Omg I am being such a fangirl. I am sorry. :(

Anyways, all in all, it was a great day. Had lots of fun and laughter and new experiences. :) 

Operation Nair and Brielle's performance!

Almost forgot to mention this! On Friday, before the sports meet, we successfully carried out Operation Nair! In other words we surprised her with our birthday gift! :) 

                              

Then yesterday, on Saturday, Wendy and I went to the shopping mall near Stadium mrt to watch Brielle's first outdoor performance! :) we missed his first two songs tho :( we were late Cus we accidentally got off at the wrong mrt station! Dumbos~ 

For his second performance he sang Just give me a Reason by Pink and Domino by Jessie J! Both songs are  tough to sing but he hit every single note so hats off Brielle! He keeps growing as a performer! :) I would upload the video of him singing but the uploading takes FOREVER so a picture of him will have to do :/ 

My initial plan was to get him a flower because that's what ppl usually get for their friends when they perform on stage, especially roses! But because we couldn't find a florist at the mall, we had to settle for a spongebob balloon! Wendy insists that it's cute but since I am not a spongebob person I shall remain quiet on this topic XD and we attached a card to the balloon, congratulating him on his first performance. 

His parents and two brothers, Bjorn and Barrichello were there too. I hope I spelled the names right. LOL. After the performance he told us that he was actually nervous but it wasn't obvious at all during the performance!! The mark of a true blue performer :) 

Tafn!

JJC Sports Meet 2013

The June Holidays have officially started!! :D And the Sports Meet today went relatively smoothly, apart from a few stumbles, and the "undesirable" weather. HAHA.

I am just glad Keith was my partner for the emceeing. Since we're already friends, it wasn't awkward at all. I'd like to thank Miss June for giving me the opportunity to host this year's Sports Meet despite the fact that I have so little prior experience. Thanks to Mr Sufian for mentoring us before the event, and Mr Chen for guiding us during the event itself.

To be honest, it is not really easy to host an event. It is easiest for those who do not care about what people think about them or are just very self-confident. Because then they would let their guard down and go all out with the hosting. So I guess doing things like this has helped me to become tougher, learn to be self-confident and not care that behind my back someone might be saying "Eh, that female emcee sucked today." I hope not though! So far I have only heard "well dones" from my friends, and that's really sweet of them. Thank you! :')

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Congratulations to the winners and participants! 

As much as I am grateful that it's the holidays and I can wake up late, hang out with friends etc, I MUST MUST MUST utilize the next month well. I do not want to screw up CT2. I  just hope that I can overcome my desire to just camp in front of the TV for 24hours. This is what happens when you have a lot of channels ><

That's all for now. Too tired to type anything else. Shall finish watching my Bollywood dramas then it's off to bed! Nights! :)

In my dreams

He is so far away

and yet I still

think of him everyday 

against my own will

If he charged me every time he came to my mind

I would be a beggar lying on the street

with a dejected heart and cold feet

someone please be kind

fly me to him - quick! 

His memory is therapeutic

His smile is beatific

His charm could ensnare a beast

Who am I to resist?

It is not desire, it is not lust

I cannot define it...but if I must -

I would call it an attachment and a hope

that one day he would fancy me back and we would elope

into the sunset, holding hands

me in my white floral dress, him in his black leather pants

ps. Got the inspiration to write a poem after so long! Happy to see that my artistic abilities are still here and I am not just a pool of maths and science. :D What do you think? 

Random updates~

Have a lot of random little updates. Firstly, Chemistry A Level SPA is over and thank GOD it went smoothly - unlike last year when I couldn't manage my time. It went so well this year I can literally cry; that's how thankful I am. Although SPA is just a few percentage of the overall A Level Chemistry paper, it can be the difference between an A and a B. Physics SPA is next Wednesday and I hope it goes just as smoothly! :) Good luck to everyone having their SPA next week! :)

Secondly, my mom had a fever on Thursday :( Been taking care of her like how she usually takes care of me. It stinks when a family member is ill, don't you think so? The house somehow becomes less lively. Thankfully, my mom's recovered already. :)

Thirdly, I finally got my hands on the novel Life Of Pi. Although I don't have much time for reading, I will still try to complete it by the end of June nonetheless. One does not simply miss out on such great reads.

Fourthly, had a physics, General Paper, and maths test recently. Only got back the compre paper for GP though, which I passed by the skin of my teeth. I NEED TO IMPROVE MY VOCAB. I find it so difficult to change the words sometimes. :( And of course, I need to work on my general knowledge too. We might be getting back our essays this Monday. Hopefully I do well!

Anyways, I went to meet Mabel after school yesterday! We printed some photos through digital printing, will print more next time! So far I only printed one of my 15th birthday party and one of my mom at the Good Friday memorial this year :) After that she came over to my house and I kind of helped her with her presents for her mom and grandma. (Mom's birthday and grandma's farewell gift)

Was supposed to go to the library today with Zhiqi, Shamira and gang BUT my mom suddenly said she is not feeling well again and there goes my decision to go out :/ Dad isn't at home you see.

One last important update. There are many things that I want to be when I grow up. One of them happens to be the editor of a fashion magazine. (I know I don't look the part, don't judge me ><)
But I really don't know how in the world to go about doing it. So I wrote an email to Ms Kamei, the editor of CLEO magazine asking for advice and guess what? She actually wrote back! So tocuhed :') She gave me really good advice and I will remember it for life. Who knows, one day I may be working for her :)

That's all for now. Shall go get started on Chemistry homework!

Angels & Analysis

Got back the last common test paper, literature, on Friday  It is the only paper I did relatively well in. However, while going through the paper, I realized that my tutor accidentally didn't mark a page of my lit essay!! :O I quickly pointed it out to him. He apologized and assured me that he would take a look at that page. Hope I can get a few more marks, which is all it's going to take to push me up to a B! *fingers crossed*

Anyways, I went to the Jurong East library yesterday and was horrified when my phone ran out of battery only an hour after my arrival. I was panicking as I still had to contact Fuxuan and Keith! I was sharing a table with two strangers, they were a couple. When the girl overheard me telling Ru that my phone was out of battery, she actually let me use her portable charger. OMG, I mean who does that? :O SO KIND PEOPLE LIKE THAT ACTUALLY EXIST!

A while later, the librarians made an announcement over the PA system that there would be a talk at the first floor regarding Technical Analysis. Ru indicated to me her interest in going for the talk and so I decided to be a good friend and accompany her. Can you believe it, the girl actually let me bring the portable charger down with me? I swear I could see a halo above her head. 

I kind of peeked at what she was studying and realised that she was from NUS. My future (hopefully) senior! :D  *prays*

I was expecting the talk to be really boring and put me right to sleep. BUT it was actually intersting. I learned how to read the stocks charts. You know, the kind they show every morning on BBC/CNN/Channel 5 news. Learned about the difference between fundamental and technical analysis and about candlestick charting. Took down some notes, if anyone is even remotely interested, do come and ask me about it, I can show you what I wrote down. After the talk, I realised that Economics isn't as blah as I always imagined it to be!

Ok, so that's all for now! Signing out,
Jas~