COM207: Communication History & Theories, taught by Dr Ben Detenber, new Chair of WKWSCI.
one of e ten core modules required to graduate from this place with a communications degree. bachelor ok. and they put us through such shit. well last year we were complaining about 208; this time we hear seniors grumbling about 401; 402 is definitely not easy either. but hey 208 eventually reached enlightenment? we struggled together but came good together. 401, 402? i dont care yet. 207 we struggled till e very end and still did not know what e hell was going on.
msn nicks and facebook status are sometimes e best representations of what misery and adversity people are going through. especially when they're alone.
there are at least two people named charles/harold/ludwig/george/william/mead/herbert/robert in 207
huimin
Jacq would kill for chocolate, big hug, and anyone willing to go for 207 for her
jacq
207 burnout. not studying anymore. come what may!
thad
two hundred and seven ways to kill yourself
chrys
kurtlewinlazarsfeldlasswelldarwinfreudhovlandyitingisawesomemarxbleyerschramm
yiting
for those who understand, im starting to think that detenber is actually ichimaru gin in disguise
jin
FUCK ALL THE DEAD COMMUNICATION FUCKERS IN THE WORLD AND FUCK YOU TOO DETENBER!
cameron
actually hitler invented comm studies
melvin
if hitler had been a lot more efficient we wouldnt have to study 207
lyon
we are great grandkids of schramm if u follow e timeline
amos
detenber should collate all e 207 msn nicks and show to students
weili
and a dozen others had nicks in chinese. how bad can it get.
and after e paper.
207 breaks my heart
yiting
NO MORE DEAD SCHOLARS
melvin
i had to think so hard during 207 exams it gave me a headache. serious.
me
what an experience. with this in e bag i feel like i can do anything else. maybe we just went through e CS baptism of fire unknowingly.
p.s. i started compiling these rather late. i think i missed some classics. help me if u will? remind me with those i missed.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
and then she left.
Californication, a 2007 american tv series about a writer whose move to California and a writer's block cause problems for his relationship with his wife and daughter. he is plagued by personal demons, including a sex addiction that basically fills up the bulk of the show's airtime. but no, ur not gonna see much of that when it runs on local tv. this is singapore.
im not exactly hooked to e show but i like e following. this scene says so much. not e usual kind of breakup or rejection or unrequitedness. u can feel e weariness. he's drained. it's like a sort of mature understanding that u have to let go. that leaving is e only option. or rather, unlike usual, she is leaving, u don't have to. n she's leaving u in a terrible, static ditch that ur already resigned to.
u happy?
just a simple question. are u happy?
i don't even know what that means anymore.
does he make u happy?
yes.
bullshit. no.
did i make u happy?
u didnt make me happy. u made me fucking insane.
ur saying i never made u happy, i made u insane.
oh yea. once upon a time u made me happy. but then u made me crazy.
well. that's a hell of a way to sum up a decade-long love affair.
well, mr moody. how would u sum it up?
i would say we loved each other too much. too much.
and i think i made a mistake in trying to get it right the first time. and that put an insane amount of pressure on us to keep it going.
and we buckled.
u don't wanna be with me. u think i know u think u do.
ur not in love with me, hank. ur in love with the idea of love.
im not exactly hooked to e show but i like e following. this scene says so much. not e usual kind of breakup or rejection or unrequitedness. u can feel e weariness. he's drained. it's like a sort of mature understanding that u have to let go. that leaving is e only option. or rather, unlike usual, she is leaving, u don't have to. n she's leaving u in a terrible, static ditch that ur already resigned to.
u happy?
just a simple question. are u happy?
i don't even know what that means anymore.
does he make u happy?
yes.
bullshit. no.
did i make u happy?
u didnt make me happy. u made me fucking insane.
ur saying i never made u happy, i made u insane.
oh yea. once upon a time u made me happy. but then u made me crazy.
well. that's a hell of a way to sum up a decade-long love affair.
well, mr moody. how would u sum it up?
i would say we loved each other too much. too much.
and i think i made a mistake in trying to get it right the first time. and that put an insane amount of pressure on us to keep it going.
and we buckled.
u don't wanna be with me. u think i know u think u do.
ur not in love with me, hank. ur in love with the idea of love.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
a neverending flood, an assault of opposites that catch you out
"A dark omnipresent pool of water.
It was probably always there, hidden away somewhere. But when the time comes it silently rushes out, chilling every cell in your body.
You drown in that cruel flood, gasping for breath. You cling to a vent near the ceiling, struggling, but the air you manage to breathe is dry and burns your throat. Water and thirst, cold and heat - these supposedly opposite elements combine to assault you."
Your heart is like a great river after a long spell of rain, spilling over its banks. All signposts that once stood on the ground are gone, inundated and carried away by that rush of water. And still the rain beats down on the surface of the river. Every time you see a flood like that on the news you tell yourself: That's it. That's my heart."
Kafka On The Shore, Haruki Murakami
It was probably always there, hidden away somewhere. But when the time comes it silently rushes out, chilling every cell in your body.
You drown in that cruel flood, gasping for breath. You cling to a vent near the ceiling, struggling, but the air you manage to breathe is dry and burns your throat. Water and thirst, cold and heat - these supposedly opposite elements combine to assault you."
Your heart is like a great river after a long spell of rain, spilling over its banks. All signposts that once stood on the ground are gone, inundated and carried away by that rush of water. And still the rain beats down on the surface of the river. Every time you see a flood like that on the news you tell yourself: That's it. That's my heart."
Kafka On The Shore, Haruki Murakami
Friday, November 14, 2008
death(s)
an msn convo i found rather interesting haha. in e tradition of COM207 which im mugging now, e Two-Step Flow model of passing on news.
T: dya know someone was mauled to death by tigers at e zoo?
S: huh rlly?
T: oh ya ur in hall.
S: how come?
the tiger escaped meh
T: suicide.
he jumped into e tiger place.
S: what a way to die
T: crazy fella.
got 20 zookeepers.
tried to distract e tigers.
n u watch Xing Guang 3 isit?
S: like v slow and painful death leh
T: ya lor for 5-10minutes.
S: are you bluffing me btw
T: WT*? for wat.
S: what xing guang what white tigers
T: i ask u watch or not.
S: ya but what does tt have to do w tigers?
T: white tigers mauled e man.
n another news.
who was third?
S: erm.
whos second.
T: third is this girl. Li sth Ning.
S: li chu ning
T: yea she died too.
S: HUH!
how come?
T: suicide.
S: WHY?
T: love.
S: omg how?
huh. omg.
why so many pple wanna die
its quite sad
what they live for
T: CO poisoning.
in car.
S: oh
thats what i would choose
T: haha ive made u talk philosophical.
T: dya know someone was mauled to death by tigers at e zoo?
S: huh rlly?
T: oh ya ur in hall.
S: how come?
the tiger escaped meh
T: suicide.
he jumped into e tiger place.
S: what a way to die
T: crazy fella.
got 20 zookeepers.
tried to distract e tigers.
n u watch Xing Guang 3 isit?
S: like v slow and painful death leh
T: ya lor for 5-10minutes.
S: are you bluffing me btw
T: WT*? for wat.
S: what xing guang what white tigers
T: i ask u watch or not.
S: ya but what does tt have to do w tigers?
T: white tigers mauled e man.
n another news.
who was third?
S: erm.
whos second.
T: third is this girl. Li sth Ning.
S: li chu ning
T: yea she died too.
S: HUH!
how come?
T: suicide.
S: WHY?
T: love.
S: omg how?
huh. omg.
why so many pple wanna die
its quite sad
what they live for
T: CO poisoning.
in car.
S: oh
thats what i would choose
T: haha ive made u talk philosophical.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
love is measured by fullness, not by reception
phoebe surprised me.
like i was to many people in e past, when love comes crashing down, some people will appear around u, which u never saw coming. she became a someone. i guess she could just relate. n she taught me e term 'comfort food'.
thanks for e little things, phoebe. it will and still hurts but im glad for u and i appreciate all of it.
and when u never knew, e people nearest may just be e most ready to give their love. thank u, mabel. u never asked for anything, just ready to give.
for all the wisdom and "experience" friends say i have, i guess it hurts e most when such things happen to myself. coz if u know me, i love as hard as it can go. i dont like things around to restrain me. coz i believe if u want that someone to be e most important person in ur life, u better treat her that way and show her she is. i believe we only love once so might as well make e most of it. at least to know that u gave ur all, is comforting.
phoebe got me hooked onto how words, when used perfectly and in e right mix, can express so much.
"The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost."
"You never lose by loving. You always lost by holding back."
"An act of love that fails is just as much a part of the divine life as an act of love that succeeds, for love is measured by fullness, not by reception." Harold Lokes
"Those who do not know how to weep with their whole heart do not know how to laugh either."
how do i let go.
like i was to many people in e past, when love comes crashing down, some people will appear around u, which u never saw coming. she became a someone. i guess she could just relate. n she taught me e term 'comfort food'.
thanks for e little things, phoebe. it will and still hurts but im glad for u and i appreciate all of it.
and when u never knew, e people nearest may just be e most ready to give their love. thank u, mabel. u never asked for anything, just ready to give.
for all the wisdom and "experience" friends say i have, i guess it hurts e most when such things happen to myself. coz if u know me, i love as hard as it can go. i dont like things around to restrain me. coz i believe if u want that someone to be e most important person in ur life, u better treat her that way and show her she is. i believe we only love once so might as well make e most of it. at least to know that u gave ur all, is comforting.
phoebe got me hooked onto how words, when used perfectly and in e right mix, can express so much.
"The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost."
"You never lose by loving. You always lost by holding back."
"An act of love that fails is just as much a part of the divine life as an act of love that succeeds, for love is measured by fullness, not by reception." Harold Lokes
"Those who do not know how to weep with their whole heart do not know how to laugh either."
how do i let go.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
falling
"It was vertigo.
A heady, insuperable longing to fall...
We might also call vertigo the intoxication of the weak. Aware of his weakness, a man decides to give in rather than stand up to it. He is drunk with weakness, wishes to grow even weaker, wishes to fall down in the middle of the main square in front of everybody, wishes to be down, lower than down."
The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera
A heady, insuperable longing to fall...
We might also call vertigo the intoxication of the weak. Aware of his weakness, a man decides to give in rather than stand up to it. He is drunk with weakness, wishes to grow even weaker, wishes to fall down in the middle of the main square in front of everybody, wishes to be down, lower than down."
The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
hating love?
"Have you ever been in love?
Horrible, isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens your heart and it means someone can get inside you and mess you up.
You build up all these defenses. You build up this whole armor, for years, so nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life.
You give them a piece of you. They don't ask for it. They do something dumb one day like kiss you, or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore.
Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so a simple phrase like 'Maybe we should just be friends' or 'How very perceptive' turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart.
It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. It's a soul-hurt, a body-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain.
Nothing should be able to do that. Especially not love. I hate love."
In Love, Neil Gaiman
Horrible, isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens your heart and it means someone can get inside you and mess you up.
You build up all these defenses. You build up this whole armor, for years, so nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life.
You give them a piece of you. They don't ask for it. They do something dumb one day like kiss you, or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore.
Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so a simple phrase like 'Maybe we should just be friends' or 'How very perceptive' turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart.
It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. It's a soul-hurt, a body-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain.
Nothing should be able to do that. Especially not love. I hate love."
In Love, Neil Gaiman
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
说好的幸福呢？
你的回话凌乱着
在这个时刻
我想起喷泉旁的白鸽
甜蜜散落了
情绪莫名的拉扯
我还爱你呢
而你断断续续唱着歌
假装没事了
时间过了 走了
爱情面临选择
你冷了 倦了 我哭了
离开时的不快乐
你用卡片手写着
有些爱只给到这
真的痛了
怎么了 你累了 说好的 幸福呢
我懂了 不说了 爱淡了 梦远了
开心与不开心一一细数着
你再不舍
那些爱过的感觉都太深刻
我都还记得
你不等了 说好的 幸福呢
我错了 泪干了 放手了 后悔了
只是回忆的音乐盒还旋转着
要怎么停呢
怎么了
你累了
说好的
幸福呢
我懂了
不说了
爱淡了
梦远了
我都还记得
你不等了 说好的 幸福呢
我错了 泪干了 放手了 后悔了
只是回忆的音乐盒还旋转着
要怎么停呢
oh man. emo song of e emo season. delivered every time jaychou's new album comes around.
welcome to my world.
在这个时刻
我想起喷泉旁的白鸽
甜蜜散落了
情绪莫名的拉扯
我还爱你呢
而你断断续续唱着歌
假装没事了
时间过了 走了
爱情面临选择
你冷了 倦了 我哭了
离开时的不快乐
你用卡片手写着
有些爱只给到这
真的痛了
怎么了 你累了 说好的 幸福呢
我懂了 不说了 爱淡了 梦远了
开心与不开心一一细数着
你再不舍
那些爱过的感觉都太深刻
我都还记得
你不等了 说好的 幸福呢
我错了 泪干了 放手了 后悔了
只是回忆的音乐盒还旋转着
要怎么停呢
怎么了
你累了
说好的
幸福呢
我懂了
不说了
爱淡了
梦远了
我都还记得
你不等了 说好的 幸福呢
我错了 泪干了 放手了 后悔了
只是回忆的音乐盒还旋转着
要怎么停呢
oh man. emo song of e emo season. delivered every time jaychou's new album comes around.
welcome to my world.
Monday, November 03, 2008
of wounds and scars
"the wounds fester openly now.
i wish i could find an explanation for all these things that're going on in my life, in my mind right now. i wish someone could tell me why these seemingly-beautiful things can go so wrong within such a short span of time.
we all know this kinda pain doesn't just go away like that, any fool can tell you that. they linger and come back every now and then to gnaw and feed on your soul. you can't be completely cured. the only hope you can have is for the scab to form as soon as possible without an infection taking place.
even so, you just get reminded everytime you see the scars."
i wish i could find an explanation for all these things that're going on in my life, in my mind right now. i wish someone could tell me why these seemingly-beautiful things can go so wrong within such a short span of time.
we all know this kinda pain doesn't just go away like that, any fool can tell you that. they linger and come back every now and then to gnaw and feed on your soul. you can't be completely cured. the only hope you can have is for the scab to form as soon as possible without an infection taking place.
even so, you just get reminded everytime you see the scars."
Sunday, October 05, 2008
oh kay...
President, School Management Committee, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information
Seat on the NTU Student Council
Ex-officio, Inter School Games 2008 Sports Committee
Subcommer, JCRC Publications, Hall IV
Subcommer, Public Relations, Touch of the Hearts, Hall IV
Subcommer, Stage Design, Drama Production, Hall IV
Performer, Sing 'n' Strum, JCRC Cultural, Hall IV
Writer, Nanyang Chronicle
Soccer captain, WKWSCI
Darts captain, Hall IV
Member, Sociology Society
Part-time lion dancer, Singapore Nanyang (Xinyang) Dragon & Lion Sports Centre / Nanyang Junior College Pugilistics Society and Alumni Dragon & Lion Dance Troupe / Singapore Nanyang Huang Shi Chung Huay Dragon & Lion
Freelance journalist, sportmag/singaporesports.sg
i can hear e sound of my GPA sliding away. im gonna die this year.
Seat on the NTU Student Council
Ex-officio, Inter School Games 2008 Sports Committee
Subcommer, JCRC Publications, Hall IV
Subcommer, Public Relations, Touch of the Hearts, Hall IV
Subcommer, Stage Design, Drama Production, Hall IV
Performer, Sing 'n' Strum, JCRC Cultural, Hall IV
Writer, Nanyang Chronicle
Soccer captain, WKWSCI
Darts captain, Hall IV
Member, Sociology Society
Part-time lion dancer, Singapore Nanyang (Xinyang) Dragon & Lion Sports Centre / Nanyang Junior College Pugilistics Society and Alumni Dragon & Lion Dance Troupe / Singapore Nanyang Huang Shi Chung Huay Dragon & Lion
Freelance journalist, sportmag/singaporesports.sg
i can hear e sound of my GPA sliding away. im gonna die this year.
Thursday, September 18, 2008
the enlightenment
a news story for e 15th September issue of Nanyang Chronicle - the premier NTU newspaper - covering the visit of CSJ to NTU in late August was spiked, not by editors, but by e NTU biggies in CopCom. some people have called it censorship at its ugliest.
and he said.
"i requested to see the article ("CSJ visits NTU" story) when i heard about it, right before it was published, due to its sensitive nature. after going through it, i thought the context (what CSJ said and espoused) was not clear enough thus affecting the conciseness of the article. i decided we should slot in CSJ's message so as to better support what the whole article is saying, though i knew by reinforcing an unsolicited visitor's words and giving him a free media platform would definitely anger CopCom and the article would most probably be killed. but why did i still do it? for journalism, as simple as that. it is not in our capacity as reporters to worry about the workings of the higher level. it is our job to provide and maintain good journalism."
Assistant Professor Dr Cherian George, Acting Head, Division of Journalism, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information. he is also a prominent local journalist, columnist and critic. the expert in Singapore politics and media is well known for being part of the mavericks with Dr Catherine Lim who have stepped on the Emperor's toes.
disclaimer: those were not e exact words uttered; they're rewritten with e best recollection
and he said.
"i requested to see the article ("CSJ visits NTU" story) when i heard about it, right before it was published, due to its sensitive nature. after going through it, i thought the context (what CSJ said and espoused) was not clear enough thus affecting the conciseness of the article. i decided we should slot in CSJ's message so as to better support what the whole article is saying, though i knew by reinforcing an unsolicited visitor's words and giving him a free media platform would definitely anger CopCom and the article would most probably be killed. but why did i still do it? for journalism, as simple as that. it is not in our capacity as reporters to worry about the workings of the higher level. it is our job to provide and maintain good journalism."
Assistant Professor Dr Cherian George, Acting Head, Division of Journalism, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information. he is also a prominent local journalist, columnist and critic. the expert in Singapore politics and media is well known for being part of the mavericks with Dr Catherine Lim who have stepped on the Emperor's toes.
disclaimer: those were not e exact words uttered; they're rewritten with e best recollection
Sunday, August 03, 2008
Infinitum Voyage: the aftermath
i hope this will not be an extremely long post-foc post. like e one after CS foc. in fact i never intended to have one for this time. especially coz school begins in a little more than a day's time n i have more important stuff than blogging.
but to be honest. for all my love for SCI n still putting my school in higher regard than hall, hall camp 28Jul-2Aug was quite an experience.
firstly of course it was interesting for me personally coz my foot's hurt, as u should know by now. i returned to hall on crutches n was on crutches for Day 1. i was asked about it i think a hundred times by fellow ohmers, if u noticed my facebook status e last week. this is a highly physical n demanding camp n someone on crutches does not really fit in in any way. so tt's a reason why many of em found me exceptionally enthu tt i was there. it made me many new frens too, as my injury was a good icebreaker. therefore many ohmers i previously only knew existed became acquainted with me. im glad i recovered fast n tho still limping when camp broke, i went around for most activities without crutches.
secondly, this injury might have prevented me from fulfilling a dream of competing in e lion dance nationals, n pushing tt dream at least til a year later, im not gonna let this injury prevent me from finally coming full circle, another one-year wait, for my chance at hall camp after withdrawin last year due to anaemia. it was tough not getting to know more people n altho ive come a long way since then, i still aimed to finally be a part of it.
but this post is specially crafted to be about my OG, Eden.
as an SA to my Counsellors (similar to OGLs) xiwen, johnson n jianli, i was supposed to be e rah-rah force who would be there for all 5 days. e kind of key SA. unfortunately with my injury i could not, n for afew other reasons Eden's originally powerful ensemble of SAs did not materialise. of course, Minister Mentor alex lim, jieying, jon, isabelle, brandon, junwei, nina, eileen are excellent SAs tt everyone would want n ive to give alot of credit to em. but they are such high-profile figures n veterans in Hall IV tt they'll surely take a backseat. our youthful force was non-existent, with many of our original SAs not present most of e camp. sucha force was apparent in all three other OGs, n it worked magic for em.
but more about my Eden freshies. altho i cant boast a camp record like MM alex lim, but this OG was indeed an eye-opener for me. i discovered, sometimes when as seniors u give 200%, e OG may still not eventually be what u want it to be. if u know me well, im super competitive in such camps, believing tt competition, winning, n focusing ur energies on ur 'enemies' are e best ingredients for a strongly bonded OG. Mee Tai Mak fought n fought n was second, but at least we managed to make everyone else hate us. i transferred tt force into Linguine for my second CS foc, n altho they didnt fire off as well as MTM, by e end they were equally fierce, also finishing close runners-up. at tt very camp, i also learnt something new on OG Fusilli. they were quite bad at games, n lost almost everything. it was a good representation of their 'relaxing' seniors, who arnt e most competitive as i know em. but Fusilli deserve huge credit for being one of e most bonded, fun, n sporting group. altho they were consistently last, they cheered like no other n seriously were enjoying emselves. their seniors focused on building from e inside, with e camp only as a backdrop. it was not very me but it's still a great concept.
Eden did not fire off too. but it became a much bigger headache than anything. slowly slowly as i got to know em, i realised they're not going to be in e MTM model. they absolutely had no catalysts. n unlike Linguine, no one looked capable of standing up. or should i say, interested to do so. Eden is e kind where u have a whole bunch of freshies who arnt interested. many of em arnt mild, they're bo chap. n tt boded very badly for e OG. even with people like MM alex lim in our OG, who has so much camp experience n charisma, i saw moments of exasperation in him. i knew we might have to take e Fusilli model. but things were not tt simple. eventually, i can only say, it was e Eden model. for all e people reading this who have a good load of camp experience, i can tell u, this Eden is almost unmatched. i dont know in what sense, but they're just too unique. especially if even MM alex lim thinks so.
alex lim just graduated n returned as an SA. he has camp experience like almost no one. tt's why people conferred him Minister Mentor. frankly with all due respect, super-senior marcus is more senior n has seen more but alex lim is quite in a league of his own. he was last year's foc's awesome Chief Counsellor, previous year he was JCRC vice-president, in Year One he was JCRC Sports Sec. for his experience in hall, he is equally high-profile in NBS, where in e same manner he is MM. during poly he went to every camp too. he has revealed before tt when he entered poly n then uni he would have already mapped out what he wanted to do in a non-academic capacity. even in joint-hall, where e most prominent people in NTU's 16 halls congregate, alex lim is a legend. i still recall e mundane joint-hall carnival afew months back tt became a bustling affair with laughs all round when alex lim came n took e mic, volunteering as an emcee. in e badminton scene too, he is so high-profile, coming from a Montfort background n IVP status. when u watch him at camps, his abilities really can take ur breath away. i know, it cant be rosy everywhere n this man has his flaws, everyone who knows him will tell u tt, but no one has denied him e respect n admiration for what he can do tt no ordinary man can.
*this is the point i stopped writing this post and left it static for 8 months*
Eden's seniors had to come together twice durin camp to talk about e OG, what to do, n where to go from here. that was how bad n serious it was. we looked upon it as an emergency n a matter of gravity. e seniors could all see that our three counsellors were really exhausted managin this bunch of freshies. did u all notice, freshies? it was so bad that for e fun of it all we had to come up w a phrase to encapsulate what Eden is about. "我们又是最后了". hur hur.
*i left here the initials "SLMSS" but i don't recall what it stands for!*
let quotes speak for themselves.
MM alex lim, at e end of Initiation, sunrise, hilltop behind Hall IV:
"after so long, this is my final camp. as u all officially start hall life, mine ends today and im moving out. (he starts to tear) thank u. im really very proud. ive never seen an OG that lost everything. u all are the first."
me:
"i admit at times during the camp i was disappointed. but i must say im also extremely proud of u guys now that we're at the end. if i ever only have 8 freshies in my OG (only 8 left at Initiation) i might not have the motivation to continue anymore. and the most touching was seeing the way u guys prepared through the day for the skit. yes there was hesitance. there was hesitance throughout the camp. but everyone was a leader during the preparations. and i think i then understood. everyone in this OG plays a little part in making things work. it was really moving."
alex lim, at SP night:
"(after Eden's song performance) if we're on Day 1 or 2, u would never see them sing like that. that's how much they've changed. 3 years in poly, ive been to every camp. 3 years in uni, ive been to every camp. i have to say, this time, it was e toughest. i thought ive seen everything. i thought im already quite good. until i met Eden. when we cheer so hard, even after a few days, some of u still barely moved. some of u don't wanna clap or join in. some of u stay on ur phones for so long, or stand alone in ur own world, and u ignore the seniors. i must say u all taught me something new, a new lesson. ive seen other GLs come to me asking for help or reflecting that so-and-so freshie is problematic. but every time i ask ur counsellors, they would just say u guys are tired. ur counsellors never once gave up on u guys. it says a lot about the faith they had in u guys. our skit that night, only we understood it. but so what. we enjoyed it, that's the most important thing. nobody knows what we went through. Midas might have won Best OG but to me, we went through the most and all of us learnt the most. who cares about the little gifts and stupid cards after a camp. those are surface only. our experience was something truly inside."
*ok don't too emo. 8 months ago i intended to end off this entry with a little on what this camp opened my eyes to Hall IV's traditions. chill abit.*
unlike talking about CS foc where there are some taboos to avoid, recapping about hall camp will be much easier because here traditions are really traditions. as in, they go quite some time back. since Hall IV is one of e oldest halls around. our foc has some powerful n sturdy traditions tt we're extremely proud of n i must admit were eye-openers to me as a first-time participant.
e unique Hall IV cheer.
我要看到我的脸 photo formation.
十字路口.
Senior vs Junior: Ultimate Challenge.
e photo we must always take at e long staircase at nanyang lake's playground. which later will become a sabo. haha.
e awesome hokkien debate.
Initiation til sunrise. includin e hardcore human pyramid up e slope.
e traditional whacking rite of passage.
a yam seng with our special drink.
*til next foc! (4 months' time)*
but to be honest. for all my love for SCI n still putting my school in higher regard than hall, hall camp 28Jul-2Aug was quite an experience.
firstly of course it was interesting for me personally coz my foot's hurt, as u should know by now. i returned to hall on crutches n was on crutches for Day 1. i was asked about it i think a hundred times by fellow ohmers, if u noticed my facebook status e last week. this is a highly physical n demanding camp n someone on crutches does not really fit in in any way. so tt's a reason why many of em found me exceptionally enthu tt i was there. it made me many new frens too, as my injury was a good icebreaker. therefore many ohmers i previously only knew existed became acquainted with me. im glad i recovered fast n tho still limping when camp broke, i went around for most activities without crutches.
secondly, this injury might have prevented me from fulfilling a dream of competing in e lion dance nationals, n pushing tt dream at least til a year later, im not gonna let this injury prevent me from finally coming full circle, another one-year wait, for my chance at hall camp after withdrawin last year due to anaemia. it was tough not getting to know more people n altho ive come a long way since then, i still aimed to finally be a part of it.
but this post is specially crafted to be about my OG, Eden.
as an SA to my Counsellors (similar to OGLs) xiwen, johnson n jianli, i was supposed to be e rah-rah force who would be there for all 5 days. e kind of key SA. unfortunately with my injury i could not, n for afew other reasons Eden's originally powerful ensemble of SAs did not materialise. of course, Minister Mentor alex lim, jieying, jon, isabelle, brandon, junwei, nina, eileen are excellent SAs tt everyone would want n ive to give alot of credit to em. but they are such high-profile figures n veterans in Hall IV tt they'll surely take a backseat. our youthful force was non-existent, with many of our original SAs not present most of e camp. sucha force was apparent in all three other OGs, n it worked magic for em.
but more about my Eden freshies. altho i cant boast a camp record like MM alex lim, but this OG was indeed an eye-opener for me. i discovered, sometimes when as seniors u give 200%, e OG may still not eventually be what u want it to be. if u know me well, im super competitive in such camps, believing tt competition, winning, n focusing ur energies on ur 'enemies' are e best ingredients for a strongly bonded OG. Mee Tai Mak fought n fought n was second, but at least we managed to make everyone else hate us. i transferred tt force into Linguine for my second CS foc, n altho they didnt fire off as well as MTM, by e end they were equally fierce, also finishing close runners-up. at tt very camp, i also learnt something new on OG Fusilli. they were quite bad at games, n lost almost everything. it was a good representation of their 'relaxing' seniors, who arnt e most competitive as i know em. but Fusilli deserve huge credit for being one of e most bonded, fun, n sporting group. altho they were consistently last, they cheered like no other n seriously were enjoying emselves. their seniors focused on building from e inside, with e camp only as a backdrop. it was not very me but it's still a great concept.
Eden did not fire off too. but it became a much bigger headache than anything. slowly slowly as i got to know em, i realised they're not going to be in e MTM model. they absolutely had no catalysts. n unlike Linguine, no one looked capable of standing up. or should i say, interested to do so. Eden is e kind where u have a whole bunch of freshies who arnt interested. many of em arnt mild, they're bo chap. n tt boded very badly for e OG. even with people like MM alex lim in our OG, who has so much camp experience n charisma, i saw moments of exasperation in him. i knew we might have to take e Fusilli model. but things were not tt simple. eventually, i can only say, it was e Eden model. for all e people reading this who have a good load of camp experience, i can tell u, this Eden is almost unmatched. i dont know in what sense, but they're just too unique. especially if even MM alex lim thinks so.
alex lim just graduated n returned as an SA. he has camp experience like almost no one. tt's why people conferred him Minister Mentor. frankly with all due respect, super-senior marcus is more senior n has seen more but alex lim is quite in a league of his own. he was last year's foc's awesome Chief Counsellor, previous year he was JCRC vice-president, in Year One he was JCRC Sports Sec. for his experience in hall, he is equally high-profile in NBS, where in e same manner he is MM. during poly he went to every camp too. he has revealed before tt when he entered poly n then uni he would have already mapped out what he wanted to do in a non-academic capacity. even in joint-hall, where e most prominent people in NTU's 16 halls congregate, alex lim is a legend. i still recall e mundane joint-hall carnival afew months back tt became a bustling affair with laughs all round when alex lim came n took e mic, volunteering as an emcee. in e badminton scene too, he is so high-profile, coming from a Montfort background n IVP status. when u watch him at camps, his abilities really can take ur breath away. i know, it cant be rosy everywhere n this man has his flaws, everyone who knows him will tell u tt, but no one has denied him e respect n admiration for what he can do tt no ordinary man can.
*this is the point i stopped writing this post and left it static for 8 months*
Eden's seniors had to come together twice durin camp to talk about e OG, what to do, n where to go from here. that was how bad n serious it was. we looked upon it as an emergency n a matter of gravity. e seniors could all see that our three counsellors were really exhausted managin this bunch of freshies. did u all notice, freshies? it was so bad that for e fun of it all we had to come up w a phrase to encapsulate what Eden is about. "我们又是最后了". hur hur.
*i left here the initials "SLMSS" but i don't recall what it stands for!*
let quotes speak for themselves.
MM alex lim, at e end of Initiation, sunrise, hilltop behind Hall IV:
"after so long, this is my final camp. as u all officially start hall life, mine ends today and im moving out. (he starts to tear) thank u. im really very proud. ive never seen an OG that lost everything. u all are the first."
me:
"i admit at times during the camp i was disappointed. but i must say im also extremely proud of u guys now that we're at the end. if i ever only have 8 freshies in my OG (only 8 left at Initiation) i might not have the motivation to continue anymore. and the most touching was seeing the way u guys prepared through the day for the skit. yes there was hesitance. there was hesitance throughout the camp. but everyone was a leader during the preparations. and i think i then understood. everyone in this OG plays a little part in making things work. it was really moving."
alex lim, at SP night:
"(after Eden's song performance) if we're on Day 1 or 2, u would never see them sing like that. that's how much they've changed. 3 years in poly, ive been to every camp. 3 years in uni, ive been to every camp. i have to say, this time, it was e toughest. i thought ive seen everything. i thought im already quite good. until i met Eden. when we cheer so hard, even after a few days, some of u still barely moved. some of u don't wanna clap or join in. some of u stay on ur phones for so long, or stand alone in ur own world, and u ignore the seniors. i must say u all taught me something new, a new lesson. ive seen other GLs come to me asking for help or reflecting that so-and-so freshie is problematic. but every time i ask ur counsellors, they would just say u guys are tired. ur counsellors never once gave up on u guys. it says a lot about the faith they had in u guys. our skit that night, only we understood it. but so what. we enjoyed it, that's the most important thing. nobody knows what we went through. Midas might have won Best OG but to me, we went through the most and all of us learnt the most. who cares about the little gifts and stupid cards after a camp. those are surface only. our experience was something truly inside."
*ok don't too emo. 8 months ago i intended to end off this entry with a little on what this camp opened my eyes to Hall IV's traditions. chill abit.*
unlike talking about CS foc where there are some taboos to avoid, recapping about hall camp will be much easier because here traditions are really traditions. as in, they go quite some time back. since Hall IV is one of e oldest halls around. our foc has some powerful n sturdy traditions tt we're extremely proud of n i must admit were eye-openers to me as a first-time participant.
e unique Hall IV cheer.
我要看到我的脸 photo formation.
十字路口.
Senior vs Junior: Ultimate Challenge.
e photo we must always take at e long staircase at nanyang lake's playground. which later will become a sabo. haha.
e awesome hokkien debate.
Initiation til sunrise. includin e hardcore human pyramid up e slope.
e traditional whacking rite of passage.
a yam seng with our special drink.
*til next foc! (4 months' time)*
Sunday, July 27, 2008
and a dream ends. (II)
i didnt wanna give up so easily partly due to readin e many recent stories of inspiring n great Olympians in e media's lead-in to Beijing '08.
long distance multiple record-holder Paula Radcliffe just had a fractured thigh bone n is 35. doctors told her it's impossible to recover in time. she's training overtime now to not just compete, but to win next month. swimmer Eric Shanteau recently discovered he has testicular cancer but is still going to beijing, postponing surgery til after e Games. 78 days before her competition date, Silken Laumann saw her leg sliced apart in a rowing accident. after five operations n with a heavily strapped leg, she rowed to a bronze medal at Barcelona '92. dusk had arrived. e winner returned two hours ago n was about to receive his medal. then John Stephen Akhwari limped into e stadium at Mexico '68. he was last in e marathon event, he had bandages on his leg n a bruised shoulder from a fall, but he still finished e punishing test.
their bodies had let em or are letting em down, but they refused to be stopped. they reached for something within em tt differentiates em from e ordinary. e repetitive shots of inspiration put me in such a mental locomotive. but i dont know. it was not to be.
i had surrendered to circumstances yesterday. as a team we decided this year's dream is over. only e happening of a major miracle could change it. e sort unexplainable by science. i needed to heal instantly overnight from a rather grim situation. but something inside me, ive to admit, still held out for tt. i didnt know what's gonna save me, but e saved usually do not know right? couple tt with a strange gut belief in e supernatural. then i saw mingqi's sms tt she had prayed in e middle of e night at her elaborate altar of a house in a formal ritual. she believed too, saying a strange feeling came to her too.
it was terribly uncomfortable getting into bed n sleeping, but i woke up suddenly at some ghostly hours, with my foot feeling light. i ripped off my ankle guard n used e nearby ice-pack. it was suddenly so airy n utopic. was it happening? did they intend for me to miss e final training, even run up to e competition thinking im done? then give me back my chance? at tt moment i seriously felt there could be fairies working overtime constructing my ankle n foot, with deities standing around my bed lookin on, wise n smiling. i got a little mental, i must admit. those readin this please dont report me to buangkok or what.
coz then scepticism kicked in. or to fulfil e irony of it all, should actually call it realism. i thot, maybe it's my painkillers that are working. i took em some time before sleep, n there were no effects. yet.
i felt a hard n aching foot when i woke up just now. doesn feel good at all. but tt's also how u feel when u recover. i sat up, n settled my feet on e ground, before pushing myself up.
sorry, no miracle, not today. when e foot trembled, i know nothing much has changed.
long distance multiple record-holder Paula Radcliffe just had a fractured thigh bone n is 35. doctors told her it's impossible to recover in time. she's training overtime now to not just compete, but to win next month. swimmer Eric Shanteau recently discovered he has testicular cancer but is still going to beijing, postponing surgery til after e Games. 78 days before her competition date, Silken Laumann saw her leg sliced apart in a rowing accident. after five operations n with a heavily strapped leg, she rowed to a bronze medal at Barcelona '92. dusk had arrived. e winner returned two hours ago n was about to receive his medal. then John Stephen Akhwari limped into e stadium at Mexico '68. he was last in e marathon event, he had bandages on his leg n a bruised shoulder from a fall, but he still finished e punishing test.
their bodies had let em or are letting em down, but they refused to be stopped. they reached for something within em tt differentiates em from e ordinary. e repetitive shots of inspiration put me in such a mental locomotive. but i dont know. it was not to be.
i had surrendered to circumstances yesterday. as a team we decided this year's dream is over. only e happening of a major miracle could change it. e sort unexplainable by science. i needed to heal instantly overnight from a rather grim situation. but something inside me, ive to admit, still held out for tt. i didnt know what's gonna save me, but e saved usually do not know right? couple tt with a strange gut belief in e supernatural. then i saw mingqi's sms tt she had prayed in e middle of e night at her elaborate altar of a house in a formal ritual. she believed too, saying a strange feeling came to her too.
it was terribly uncomfortable getting into bed n sleeping, but i woke up suddenly at some ghostly hours, with my foot feeling light. i ripped off my ankle guard n used e nearby ice-pack. it was suddenly so airy n utopic. was it happening? did they intend for me to miss e final training, even run up to e competition thinking im done? then give me back my chance? at tt moment i seriously felt there could be fairies working overtime constructing my ankle n foot, with deities standing around my bed lookin on, wise n smiling. i got a little mental, i must admit. those readin this please dont report me to buangkok or what.
coz then scepticism kicked in. or to fulfil e irony of it all, should actually call it realism. i thot, maybe it's my painkillers that are working. i took em some time before sleep, n there were no effects. yet.
i felt a hard n aching foot when i woke up just now. doesn feel good at all. but tt's also how u feel when u recover. i sat up, n settled my feet on e ground, before pushing myself up.
sorry, no miracle, not today. when e foot trembled, i know nothing much has changed.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
and a dream ends.
e date was march 15. my first formal training to compete in e National Lion Dance Championships this year. i was 21 then, in e sport for more than 4 years. we thot, "why not?". if we procrastinate more, we may just be too old for it already. n i seriously thot we're technically ready to compete on e biggest stage.
i was e drummer, originally. but by e next training, i was converted to 狮尾 to better suit competition requirements. no problem at all. i like to think i can take on different challenges. moreover, i was trained from my earliest days as a 狮尾.
it is now 4 months n 11 days later. tmr was to be e big day. my zone qualifier for a shot at e finals at ngee ann city. but for all e hard work n sacrifices, it's over before even e first sound of e drum.
we were supposed to have a final run yesterday. but on thursday my sole felt extremely uncomfortable. it's been niggling me for weeks, often at trainings. it's an old injury, i believe hurt twice before, first by a bad landing, then an accident when a bench dropped on tt foot. but e full extent just came back without warning. so i told myself, rest it well, if i cant rehearse one last time, just chiong on sunday itself. giving up never once came across.
indeed, like a miracle, thru my attentive massaging of healing cream, icing e area, n just stayin stationary, on friday morning things were lookin up. but i knew i better not risk it, so i chose not to train a final time. i followed along to watch em, tho, to give em moral support. tt trip out of my comfort zone aggravated my foot a little, n e pain once again became throbbing.
like how many people around me had advised, n since i decided against going out on competition eve, which included e temple trip, i should at least pray at home. friday night, things returned to original n when home, in e dark, i kneeled, with tt excruciating pain, infront of my 观音菩萨's altar. i prayed i'll recover by sunday, if not 100% at least good enough to compete, tt we've all come a long way n this is not fair, tt im only 36 hours away n ur my only hope.
most of my teammates travelled to 四马路's 观音庙 today. im sure they prayed for my well-being. but also for e competition. so i had to recover. sheila told me she'll pray for me too, n i trust she will. if e elements are punking me now, at least im trying to get e gods onto my side.
n when i woke up today, my biggest nightmare happened. or rather, i wouldnt even have dreamt of it. e toe area felt quite e same, but out of nowhere, theres now a sharp pain in my ankle n i cannot almost move it anymore. before this, i could still force myself to compete with a pain in my sole n toe. but without my ankle, i can do nothing. i cant 坐头360, i cant climb e steps, i cant leap across e 'valley'. this being my left ankle, i also would not be able to execute e three 单脚.
how did my body fail me so badly. each time im battered down i come back stronger n go for more. this time, i think even e divine could do nothing. or is it intended? tt was my first thot. for all e calls for intervention, i actually received something worse tt outright denies me. is it fate, is it written? it seems like i wasnt answered, but could this be e answer? at tt moment i felt so spiritual. maybe i really shouldnt be competing.
i had resisted seeing a doc coz i know they'll prevent me from competing or wrap up my foot dramatically. then i realised today i need to get an MC in e scenario i really cant recover. it cant get us a postponement, but we'll get an honorary withdrawal. if we just disappear without explanation, we'll receive a 3-year ban from any lion dance activity. so how did an old injury return with a worse swell? how did something totally different pop up n so intense? apparently they could be linked. e GP reckons a possible stress fracture accumulated over time. i'll know after an x-ray.
e whole team came all e way down from west coast to my clinic in hougang. i hated myself for bringing em down, but they reassured me my body's e most important thing, tt we can always compete next year. it was encouraging. e superstitious jiajun even said this could all be a sign, to prevent me from competing, maybe something bad might happen, tt im being protected by higher entities. shannon related tt when 黄师父 heard e news, he shot back to e day we 点睛 for our new competition lion, when we dropped e two 大吉 n 大利 attachments from e lion's crown, an ominous n unlucky sign, tt he already felt uneasy. benwei n vincent just kept insisting tt my foot's staying with me rest of my life, competition's only this time, n i should think carefully.
am i disappointed. i would be lying if i said no. i wanted to get this done, a milestone in my life, be able to say ive competed in e nationals. i trained so hard n for so long. some days when there were only me, jiajun n adrian. or even on one occasion only e two 狮头狮尾. i can proudly say from e bottom of my heart i did put in alot. when i was struck with e recurrence, i still truly believed i would compete, altho i had only 3 days to recover. i thot, ive come this far, even if i limp i will still go out there n do it.
e team n other people who knew about it were worried for me, at e same time disappointed about how things have turned out. i wanna say im ok. i take it in my stride. im optimistic, but im not sure about what. coz when i think of it, i sink again. i wanna say sorry to my teammates. i dont know if u all know how much this opportunity means to me. tho we've ran into problems, n not everyone could commit on e same level, i would not have had this chance without each n every one of u. 黄师父, sorry n thank u as well. all u did was out of ur own generosity. i cant repay it.
n now im goin back to Hall IV FOC with a bandaged foot n on crutches. how our world is always characterised by such amazing revolutions. last year i had to retire from this very camp due to anaemia, which ive never suffered from previously, on Day 1. this time, im all ready to be part of it. n now this.
i was e drummer, originally. but by e next training, i was converted to 狮尾 to better suit competition requirements. no problem at all. i like to think i can take on different challenges. moreover, i was trained from my earliest days as a 狮尾.
it is now 4 months n 11 days later. tmr was to be e big day. my zone qualifier for a shot at e finals at ngee ann city. but for all e hard work n sacrifices, it's over before even e first sound of e drum.
we were supposed to have a final run yesterday. but on thursday my sole felt extremely uncomfortable. it's been niggling me for weeks, often at trainings. it's an old injury, i believe hurt twice before, first by a bad landing, then an accident when a bench dropped on tt foot. but e full extent just came back without warning. so i told myself, rest it well, if i cant rehearse one last time, just chiong on sunday itself. giving up never once came across.
indeed, like a miracle, thru my attentive massaging of healing cream, icing e area, n just stayin stationary, on friday morning things were lookin up. but i knew i better not risk it, so i chose not to train a final time. i followed along to watch em, tho, to give em moral support. tt trip out of my comfort zone aggravated my foot a little, n e pain once again became throbbing.
like how many people around me had advised, n since i decided against going out on competition eve, which included e temple trip, i should at least pray at home. friday night, things returned to original n when home, in e dark, i kneeled, with tt excruciating pain, infront of my 观音菩萨's altar. i prayed i'll recover by sunday, if not 100% at least good enough to compete, tt we've all come a long way n this is not fair, tt im only 36 hours away n ur my only hope.
most of my teammates travelled to 四马路's 观音庙 today. im sure they prayed for my well-being. but also for e competition. so i had to recover. sheila told me she'll pray for me too, n i trust she will. if e elements are punking me now, at least im trying to get e gods onto my side.
n when i woke up today, my biggest nightmare happened. or rather, i wouldnt even have dreamt of it. e toe area felt quite e same, but out of nowhere, theres now a sharp pain in my ankle n i cannot almost move it anymore. before this, i could still force myself to compete with a pain in my sole n toe. but without my ankle, i can do nothing. i cant 坐头360, i cant climb e steps, i cant leap across e 'valley'. this being my left ankle, i also would not be able to execute e three 单脚.
how did my body fail me so badly. each time im battered down i come back stronger n go for more. this time, i think even e divine could do nothing. or is it intended? tt was my first thot. for all e calls for intervention, i actually received something worse tt outright denies me. is it fate, is it written? it seems like i wasnt answered, but could this be e answer? at tt moment i felt so spiritual. maybe i really shouldnt be competing.
i had resisted seeing a doc coz i know they'll prevent me from competing or wrap up my foot dramatically. then i realised today i need to get an MC in e scenario i really cant recover. it cant get us a postponement, but we'll get an honorary withdrawal. if we just disappear without explanation, we'll receive a 3-year ban from any lion dance activity. so how did an old injury return with a worse swell? how did something totally different pop up n so intense? apparently they could be linked. e GP reckons a possible stress fracture accumulated over time. i'll know after an x-ray.
e whole team came all e way down from west coast to my clinic in hougang. i hated myself for bringing em down, but they reassured me my body's e most important thing, tt we can always compete next year. it was encouraging. e superstitious jiajun even said this could all be a sign, to prevent me from competing, maybe something bad might happen, tt im being protected by higher entities. shannon related tt when 黄师父 heard e news, he shot back to e day we 点睛 for our new competition lion, when we dropped e two 大吉 n 大利 attachments from e lion's crown, an ominous n unlucky sign, tt he already felt uneasy. benwei n vincent just kept insisting tt my foot's staying with me rest of my life, competition's only this time, n i should think carefully.
am i disappointed. i would be lying if i said no. i wanted to get this done, a milestone in my life, be able to say ive competed in e nationals. i trained so hard n for so long. some days when there were only me, jiajun n adrian. or even on one occasion only e two 狮头狮尾. i can proudly say from e bottom of my heart i did put in alot. when i was struck with e recurrence, i still truly believed i would compete, altho i had only 3 days to recover. i thot, ive come this far, even if i limp i will still go out there n do it.
e team n other people who knew about it were worried for me, at e same time disappointed about how things have turned out. i wanna say im ok. i take it in my stride. im optimistic, but im not sure about what. coz when i think of it, i sink again. i wanna say sorry to my teammates. i dont know if u all know how much this opportunity means to me. tho we've ran into problems, n not everyone could commit on e same level, i would not have had this chance without each n every one of u. 黄师父, sorry n thank u as well. all u did was out of ur own generosity. i cant repay it.
n now im goin back to Hall IV FOC with a bandaged foot n on crutches. how our world is always characterised by such amazing revolutions. last year i had to retire from this very camp due to anaemia, which ive never suffered from previously, on Day 1. this time, im all ready to be part of it. n now this.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
full circle
i was watching e taiwanese entertainment news daily 娱乐百分百 this afternoon. e episode's guest was 范玮琪. after belting out some of her trademarks, she did a cover of host 小鬼's single, 鬼混. of course it got him excited, coz it's his only solo song to date n he's more known as a host than a singer. artistes who feature on e show often does covers, usually versions of e other host 小猪罗志祥's chart-topping hits. it's an act of homage to e show n its faces - e hosts.
范玮琪 is an established, popular mandarin singer famed for her clear n clean vocals. covering a relatively newer artiste's song in his presence was a proud n touching moment for e lad. by e time she finished, her stronger abilities had made a good marketing of e single. but co-host 小猪, who is e senior of 小鬼 n has always strived to look e better of e two n put him down, quipped in his immediate line tt "this cover is actually better than e original!"
小鬼, a hardworking n unassuming youngster, was visibly hurt by e comment.
then i recalled so uncannily n in such ironic fashion. when shannon n vincent commented afew weeks back tt i actually can sing a song better than e original, tt song was 爱转角. n it's a hit number by none other than award-winning singer 小猪. tt idiotic n brash co-host.
karma. dont do unto others as you would not have others do unto u.
范玮琪 is an established, popular mandarin singer famed for her clear n clean vocals. covering a relatively newer artiste's song in his presence was a proud n touching moment for e lad. by e time she finished, her stronger abilities had made a good marketing of e single. but co-host 小猪, who is e senior of 小鬼 n has always strived to look e better of e two n put him down, quipped in his immediate line tt "this cover is actually better than e original!"
小鬼, a hardworking n unassuming youngster, was visibly hurt by e comment.
then i recalled so uncannily n in such ironic fashion. when shannon n vincent commented afew weeks back tt i actually can sing a song better than e original, tt song was 爱转角. n it's a hit number by none other than award-winning singer 小猪. tt idiotic n brash co-host.
karma. dont do unto others as you would not have others do unto u.
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