It’s that time of the year again… The official day of you growing old ( and turning to 1(x), like me!), though some people in some parts of this world might call it, a what, birthday. Whatever.
Although I should be packing, still, I want to be here to wish you, apart from the text. =)
It’s only been close to 2 years, yet I feel that I’ve known you for such a long time. It amazes and touches me that somewhere in this world, apart from myself, there’s a person who knows which piece of clothing I would, or wouldn’t choose when I walk into a store; who knows what to help me buy at the bakery when I’m not there and who shares my joy and sorrow.
So, happy birthday, dear. Though we’re parting our ways, there are always winter and summer breaks and skype and msn and email and our blogs, we’ll never be that far apart. We’re just a Jetstar away!
My departure date is getting closer and I still haven’t packed a thing apart from my oh-so-soft bedsheets and a bath mat LOL. Shopping has been the main agenda lately, and being the extremely possessive person I am, I just wished that I could buy everything and own all of it T____________T (Note to self: NEVER get a credit card; your debts will kill you)
I have been hearing so many ” Congratulations!” that I’m starting to believe that this is something, going overseas to pursue a degree. But is it really so? With almost everyone around me going somewhere to study, I tend to think that going to a foreign country to study is not such a big deal after all. Or I might have been already numb to the excitement of going there.
Nevertheless, I hope that the passion and enthusiasm inside me will reignite when I reach university. The freedom that university students enjoy has always been the main reason I look forward to campus life – meeting people from all over the world, experiencing a whole new learning experience in a different environment and most importantly, beginning to manage my own life from accommodation to meals. I have always been a poor time manager, procrastinating everything I can till the last minute. I told myself I had to kick that habit away in college, but I didn’t. Now, in this new phase of my life, I am telling myself once again, that this thing with wasting time has got to go. Second chances are hard to come by, not to mention third chances. For some reason, I am bestowed with a third chance now, and I need to really appreciate it. I wish I could describe how blessed and loved I feel to have a do-over everytime I mess things up. I too wish I could put into words how much the support from people around me meant to me during my most stressful times; assuring me that nothing will go wrong when they themselves are more worried than I am deep down inside.
I want to; I need to write it all out to convey my gratitude and thankfulness to all of them who extended an arm to support me and a shoulder (or a phone call) for me to cry into when I feel like I couldn’t take it anymore. You pulled me through the hardest times (so far XD) and I hope that I would be able to repay all that. I might not be able to send my message across in words, not before I refresh my mind and writing skills with a lecture or two, but I hope that my action speaks louder.
Till then, I shall start packing to stop Mummy from nagging. That’s Step One! Wish me luck!
If you have been reading Chinese entertainment news lately, you’d know that Raymond Lam/Lam Fung/ Lin Feng/ 林峰 here
got the highest award for a male singer – 亚太区最受欢迎香港男歌星, which translated into English, is the Most Popular Hong Kong Male Singer in Asia Pacific Award at the 2009 Jade Solid Gold Top Ten Award Presentation Ceremony (劲歌金曲颁奖典礼). Google translated the page from Mandarin into English for me but I still think that my translation is better than that provided (Asia Pacific Most Popular Male Singer in Hong Kong), and yeah, I contributed a better translation to them. XD
In addition, the Hong Kong entertainment circle has been abuzz with the rift between TVB and the four major music companies bla bla bla I don’t really know the details but that’s the big picture. Following that, some accused Raymond Lam of winning the award because TVB wanted him to, not because of his capabilities or talent.
Well, I would like to put my two cents into this.
Last month, my cousins and I went to Genting Highlands to watch him perform in his concert (Raymond Lam Let’s Party Concert Live in Malaysia 2009) 
as my cousin won free tickets from some contest. She’s a huge ass fan of his and I was free, so I tagged along for fun.
Although I’m no fan of his, but that was the first concert I’d ever been to, so I was fairly excited, thinking of fireworks on stage and stuff. Upon arriving at the venue, the Arena of Stars, half a bucket of cold water was splashed right onto our heads. The venue was old and not really well-maintained; not impressive at all. And my, I was thinking of cushioned chairs and all. Forgive me, that was my first time.
But seriously, this?
Oops, blurry pictures, but you get the idea. By the way, see those foldable metal chairs in front? Those are seats for those who bought VIP tickets – God bless their pitiful souls. And buttocks.
Alright, enough of the venue, you can’t blame that on the singer, right? On his performance, I’d say that it was just average. He sang okay, but he forgot his lyrics for about 3-4 times I think. Plus, do not expect him to sing like he did in his album, I think his live performance still needs to be improved on a lot. As for costumes, he changed into 5 tops, if I’m not mistaken, but he only changed his pants twice, and kept some ugly lantern-like pants on him for most of the time. Tsk, dude, you need to change your stylist, for real.
Furthermore, based on his performance during said concert, I think that Raymond Lam is still just a singer and has yet to become an entertainer. He sang during the concert, but I don’t think he entertained very much. The way he spoke wasn’t really appealing; he couldn’t really dance, and his guests were much more entertaining than him. I guess he is still not really experienced in holding concerts and well, entertaining. Maybe the concert was a small one for him compared to the one he had in Hong Kong, because I couldn’t see much effort put into his performance by him. Yes, he sang, he danced, but we just couldn’t feel his sincerity. Even my cousin, who is a big fan of his, was quite disappointed. It was more like him completing an obligatory assignment than performing to his fans with all his heart and soul.
My conclusion? He is still a singer, not yet an entertainer. As for the award? Maybe not for now.
Before my finals last year, I stumbled upon the trailer of Coco before Chanel, the story of the Chanel’s founder before she became, well, Chanel.
The video was so exciting that I was dying to watch it but had to resist the temptation mainly because of two reasons:
- Finals was approaching.
- I didn’t know how to download a movie.
There you have it, laugh all you want. I admit it, I really didn’t know how to download a movie a few months back then. I only knew how to download my dose of 90210 from eztv and songs from a Chinese website. So, even though I was practically salivating, with no one around me interested in watching the movie, I had no means to obtain it, thus i went ouhmm… (Patience, patience)
Finally, with my brother back for a few weeks, I remembered to ask him before he left for KL but comfortably forgot about it for a week or so and it only came to my mind the day yesterday. I then downloaded the movie excitedly and anticipated it so nervously that I kept checking the progress every 5 minutes or so.
And this morning…
*dramatic music plays*
The download was completed!!!
Taking a deep breath, I played the movie. It started with a little girl, with huge, dark Chanel eyes staring into the sky on a carriage and music softly playing in the background. It then hit me that my brother once told me that he wanted to let me watch The Death Note II but he accidentally downloaded a version without subtitles. o.O
I prayed fervently, “Please please please…” and was getting a little frisky that no one has started talking in the movie yet – I wanted to know whether there are subs or not! You might argue that I could very well fast forward to the back and see, but I didn’t want any spoilers!
The girl then reached an orphanage/school like thingy and a few nuns welcomed her.
And FML.
NO SUBTITLES.
(File name: Coco before Chanel blablabla HEAVILY SUBBED my foot!) Or does “heavily subbed” mean something else?
p.s: I went ahead and watched the whole movie anyway because I knew if I had to wait any longer I might die of anxiety. Nevertheless, I’m currently downloading another file uploaded by a user whose name sounded like he/she doesn’t know French. Wish me luck.
I used to really love kids.
Seriously!
I used to like them so much that I’d smile to them, make eye contact with them, let them have whatever they want from me – I’d just spoil them. When I was around seven, I planned to have 10 children in future. Yeap, 10. Truth is, I even drew a BUS so that I could fetch them around.
Naive, much?
If I have a time machine, I’ll go back in time, and rub my seven-year-old head. “You silly, silly girl! You have yet to discover what a nuisance they can be,”
Loving mothers defended children defiantly (mainly my aunts and my mother).
“Hey stop right there, young lady. YOU used to be a child too, you don’t pop out and become what you are right now just like that,”
Yeah, I know that alright, but nuisances don’t think that they are a pain in the arse, do they?
However, dear grandma grew defensive. “No, you weren’t this naughty when you were small, you were much better,” she compared me with my cousins and random irritating children. Awwww grannny you didn’t have to! I know I behaved much better these little monkeys. =)
