4:19 PM - Thursday, August 28, 2008
I kinda like the lyrics from 五月天's new song, 开天窗, so I thought I should post them here. They're really true and effective in inspiring people during times of despair and disapointment.是谁说半夜不能吃便当
是谁说彩虹不能长头上
是谁说蓝色就等于忧伤
你看看天空和海洋
顺风时就展开双翅飞翔
逆风时就当成在冲浪
没有风的时候 那就让我
开开天窗
11:46 PM - Tuesday, August 26, 2008
I was rather irritated by something for the whole of today. I took a total of 4 bus journeys (to and from SAF ferry terminal and to and from my student's house) and in that 4 trips which adds up to roughly 1 hour, I saw the "Silkpro" advertistment at least 15-20 times. It's the one which shows Addy Lee talking but somehow they have to use a voice over. I can almost memorise what he says now. That advertistment is always followed by a Paul Anka concert ad because buying the shampoo gives you a chance to win his tickets or something. I don't even know who Paul Anka is. I thought the TVmobile was to provide entertainment to the passengers and I don't think watching Addy Lee's face on screen all the time is good entertainment.I was so irritated with my student at tuition today that I kind of raised my voice at him and now I feel bad about it. But he does not seem to be interested in math at all and his results seem to make his parents think that I cannot teach. He's happy with a 15/40 in his test which is something I cannot understand. Anyway, I guess I got my retribution for raising my voice at him because now I'm having a sore throat from talking and shouting too much. :(
1:18 PM - Sunday, August 17, 2008
Yesterday was Claire Guo Jing's event at Lunar Asian Fusion Bar. The schedule and songs were almost the same as the previous night at NTU, hence I had to make it special. I decided to volunteer for a stage game where we had to say a song title from her new album with a our mouths filled with coke. There wasn't much aim to the game but I got a chance to stand really close to her and shook her hand. This time it was the right hand. I also got her autographed poster which now completes my collection!
This also marked the end of her stop in Singapore. =( Despite that, I'll definitely continue listening to her songs to prove to wilfred there's no such thing as overdose of her songs.
12:15 AM - Saturday, August 16, 2008
I attended Claire Guo Jing's mini concert at NTU today and it was amazing. To be honest, I never imagined myself being a fan or having an idol of which I will spend time queueing up just to hear her sing. Somehow, Claire's voice made me one. She doesn't try too much technics to flaunt her voice, but simply delivers the song with her purest thought, touching the hearts of the listeners, including and especially me. That's why I've attached her whole playlist to my blog. Seeing her sing live was cool. It was as good, if not better, as listening to her album. Sadly, no photography was allowed. I wanted to volunteer if there was any games related to singing her songs but there wasn't. During one song, she actually walked all the aisles on the auditorium except the small stretch beside me and wilfred. I'm not blaming her because the usher was the one who directed her around. One guy even got to give her a hug, which I guess angered many other guy fans in the theatre. Eventually I got to shake her hand and got her autograph on my album. During the autograph session, I was deeply disturbed by 2 male fans. The first one was a middle-aged guy who obviously wasn't from NTU. He had a lot of her albums and wanted her to sign all. Throughout the process, he was ranting non-stop about how much he supported her since she started singing, how he was looking forward to her 2nd album, how he loved her voice, etc. He did all these while leaning forward and had this psycho face. I think that probably freaked claire out a bit that she only signed one of his albums and just kept saying thank you.The 2nd was a plump guy queueing behind me. He claimed he was from claire's fan club but as far as I know there's isn't a fan club in singapore yet, at least not an official one. Maybe he was the chairperson, and the only member as well. Anyway, everyone was given like probably 5 seconds to talk to her while she signed the album and shakes our hands. This fat guy, however, took advantage of my time by interupting while I was getting my album signed and asked if she could write his name on the album. I didn't even get a chance to say "jiayou" or anything else.These freaks are irritating. But I'm not complaning. I'll be seeing her again in about 20 hours at lunar asian fusion bar for her mini party. The only way to get tickets was either a contest from YES 93.3FM or buy her new version album. The former only gives out 30 tickets over a span of 5 days while the latter is a game of chance as the ticket is randomly inserted into the albums. Between Wilfred and myself, we have 5 tickets! We each have 2 from the radio station and I have another 1 from the album. This sets up the stage for meeting no. 2 with claire tomorrow! =)