mossadance

over the CHINESE new year holidays, i was over at my dance instructress's place.

[1] channel surfed to cctv. news was on. it was reporting on the saddam hussein trials. it was Amazing. really, it's been so long since i've watched a substantial news report. they had the selected video clips, with clear and well-timed subtitles, and with proper presentation. There was a good analysis on the whole report, on implications on different parties, etc. It made me feel so sick to the core thinking about the news reports in Singapore. It made me agree with daddy-o.

daddy-o has been a wanderer/ not based in Singapore for the past 9 years? and i must agree that, from a more international perspective, singapore has no news! or rather, the media - specifically the television, more specifically, mediacorp news [ohdear. will i get sued?] does not present newsworthy news. Leave Fann Wong and Christopher to the tabloids. bring in better international news. Maybe it's just me and daddy-o. and mum. Many Singaporeans love Mediacorp, love Fann and Christopher, and they LOVE dialing in to the news hotlines. (refer to a particular news article by Neil Humphreys) mediacorp news hotlines are the favourite numbers to dial - probably more so after the nkf saga- for 'anything'. it's as good as a stand-in nanny for the pap government. leaky pipes in your home? noisy neighbours? a peculiar komodo dragon sighting? or that sense of unjust that envelopes you because someone jumped your queue at an eating place? GO, tell it to the news hotline. if you're bored, call them.

back to the cctv report, based on what was verbally presented, i think i would have enough quotations and main ideas to use for a review! that's a measure of how informative and 'simplygood' it was. well. i guess singapore media, being such a small industry, has to struggle with the options of self-sustainence vs. 'worldclass' standards in a very localized community with local needs. (seeing them advertise for their own programmes in manymany lines of hurried speech after news is a joke. sorry.)

so. that was second day of newyear. backtrack to first day. i played piano for the first time for combined service/billingual service. made a couple of mistakes. ok. not couple. foursomes of mistakes. BUT teacher serene was so nice! she sat beside me on stage, to help me flip my scores, catch falling scores, beat the tempo, reassure me etc. really very nice cos it was exactly what i needed. im going to play for engcheong and michelle's matrimonial. i think michelle's a very nice person. before meeting her at christmas comm, i thought she was a cold and blahblah person. but, she's really chatty when talking abt clothes/earrings and etcetc. veryvery fun to talk to.

so first day was mainly neighbourvisiting and friends visiting. daddy-o was just obsessed with aussie opens, the tennis balls, the players, the score. it's so marvellous to be able to play 'beautiful' tennis. having the style and grace. playing with solely competitiveness and omph is so plain. i guess this applies to many things. talking abt style and grace, dance reminds me of chingay preview and actual performance on friday and saturday. i hope it will be fun! we must make it fun! with wenxin and juee, easypeasy.

so, second day of new year i had my dance instructress's famous dumplings for dinner. she wrapped coins in the dumplings and supposedly! (can u tell i didn't get one) if you get one, you get good luck. but dumplings represent gdluck and wealth already anyways. so. haiyoh, whatever la. the food was gd okay! and then i met a primary schoolmate. huiting. was a prefect.
at first, i was so scared to you know, converse, with her, because, well, im always very careful when interacting with students not from socalled elite schools. in case they think im haughty and all that. but from experience, neighbourhood school students and ite students (from christmas carolling at pastor's), if they are 'gd people', they are really really sincere and genuine when they speak with you. It's really fascinating finding out the ambitions they have, the paths they see ahead for them. we should 'cross-talk' more. no use shutting urself up in your own lil world, your own 'elite' world. we'll get to be in the same society nxt time, so start early. i feel so strongly abt this, man. executing is tough though. circumstances are hard to come by sometimes.

before i tell you about the third day of new year, well. today in school, in the morning, there was a group praying near the piano. being a Christian myself, i think that's good. but, they really looked out of place. in a bad way. and my friend actually said they are 'sickening'. my friend isnt a christian, but, it just made me think how sensitivity isn't just about relativity? it's sucha hard thing to grasp. maybe the group can do it more discreetly? sitting down? and pray earlier, cos everyone was moving to the parade sq. and they were huddled there kind of thing. BUT. what's wrong with praying. well, people, maybe such stuff appears strange/annoying to you. but you just see how beliefs are not just a 'religion'. they Must be, logically, speaking across all majr religions, a way and a part of life. or else, reexamine what you call a religion to you, i guess. i musnt be judgemental. BUT, guys, dont judge Christianity just like that also. im just worried. stay open minded. come on, heyyy...=) haha. yay.

i stayed up on the second night of new year. till 4.30am okay! pro not. (refer previous entry). so, next morning, i was awake at 9 already. slacked in bed till 10, cause i was too hungry and i could smell breakfast. new year breakfast are very nice. very chinese. =] then, i did more homework.

oh. for these few days, i've been entertaining my neighbour, this lil girl...4 years old..woah. it's such a task. but she's quite lovable. so. alright. i wont complain 'too much'. then at 5, i went for a LONG walk with my daddy-o and mum. we parkwalked and picniced. quite nice. then we went to starbucks for coffee and food. then i bought shoes at rsh. i always feel extremely sorry when shoe-trying, cos i make that dude fetch me so many shoes at this size, that size, halfsize smaller or bigger, get me this color blah, then i kind of leave him alone to mirrorgaze my shoes, nudge my parents for their take...heh...but after i buy the shoe, the guilt is gone. HAHA. why? cos that's his job, and i guess there is mutual satisfaction. i've my shoe, he - his commission. so. okay la. right? dowan then usher me another dude la.

i couldnt decide on the shoe to get. wanted to get the classic addidas, but, blahblah, then i thought i heard dad say i can get two. so i got the nikes first. i was walking home, gazing at my shoes, wondering whether i shld go and swap shoes la. see, even after the purchase, im still undecided. then suddenly. a ray of light, a gust of wind. i thought my shoe looked very pretty. so okay. it can stay. then after i removed my shoes when i reached home, i looked it it and it looked quite nice. so. okay la. double affirmation. but stiLL! i want another pair of shoes, dad. im only left with the yellows. from history, kunman has 4 pairs of sports shoes on an average. a genuine running shoe or two, and the rest are just...fashion sports shoes. so now...i only have that yuckyyellow and this sch going pair. daddy-o. what say you.

played badminton with...daniel, sherman and yongzhi today. quite fun. but im not as strong as the guys la. actually suppose to go gym with...yiding..sherman, yongzhi and.....daniel one. (their names are still very hard to remember and recall offhand. not like girl names) all because i have dance and i have a change of clothes - an added choice under scarce time to play. the gym was empty la. i was so happy at first, after signing in and changing, but later, there was a class using the gym. = [ waste my time.

for cca, i think i shall stay with gavel as second cca still. though there's this cca that's so appealing. but, im sure, despite all lures, that isnt the path for me. i'll act out my own story with God's guiding. no pt forcing it for wrong reasons. plsplspls help me stay strong in my decision.

i've been bussing to school. met qingyuan and yiheng (his chinese name. i bet i'll spell his eng name wrongly) surprisingly after dance. somehow i decided to walk backwards to the 851 busstop as well. the two busbuddies ah, so busybody. but it was very nice talking - not gossipping- over the prawnstench. i was feeling super nauseous after my nap during dance. so, that cleared everything up. tmr trying a new route. i hope we get lost. so exciting what.

sucha long post. im amazed.

kmli blogged at 1/31/2006 09:27:00 PM

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