Having alot of mixed feelings now...

My sister will be getting married this coming friday. I am very happy for her to find a good husband. Douglas is a really great guy. He cares for his friends, family and of cos my sister very much. He's the best friend to hang out with for ktv and drinks. He also can be the best brother who listens and gives u advice.

But...

Suddenly, I feel like I'm losing my only sibling... I've been sharing a room with my sister for the past 25yrs. We even share the same bed up until today. She dotes on me very much. Although she can be rather naggy at times. When we were younger, we were not very close as our age gap is rather huge. She is 7yrs my senior. Therefore, we were always in different stages of life. By the time i start going into primary school, she have already graduated and went on to secondary. And when i went into secondary, she was already in poly. We didnt have much to talk about when we were younger. I would always complained about her being able to come home later the me and she would always think im a little gal whom i really was.

We only started to hang out more often during my poly times. After working for a few yrs, she went on to quit her job and took up a full time degree. That's when we started to have common topics on school. We used to bring out the mahjong table and put it in the living room during exam times. We would both study together throughout the night with the tv playing our favourite movie, Pretty woman. Before the arrival of the lunar new year, we would both go down to bugis junction to hunt for new clothes and then bring our parents along the following weekend to buy all our new clothes together.

Actually, we should also thank Douglas for bringing us even closer to each other. Douglas also likes singing and therefore we started going to ktv and singing competitions together. With these, we hung out even more often. And after knowing the KTV gang, we hang out at least twice a week for either movies or ktvs.

After moving into our new place, my cousins came to live with us. Almost everynite, we would ask our younger cousin to buy macdonalds supper. We even became crazy once when we stayed up until 4am just to enjoy macdonalds breakfast. And during days where all of us were home for dinner, we would play mahjong with mom and dad.

Months ago, I was still rather excited about her wedding. We have been running around to make arrangements for her wedding. Planning the wedding banquets, and planning the songs for her march in and also preparing to sing for her wedding. Its not until yesterday, while i was cropping her march in song, that I started to feel rather emotional. It suddenly hit me that she will be moving into another phase of her life and also moving out of this house. I will be having the room to myself which should be a happy thing. But, somehow i feel rather lonely realising that I will be the only one watching the tv and sleeping on queen sized bed.

But anyhow, I still hope her wedding day will be smooth and fun. I still look forward to the fun I will be having on the wedding day.

I sincerely wish my sis and my future bro-in-law a blissful marriage.

I went to catch Lee Hom's concert and I enjoyed it tremendously! haha.. He' my new idol now.

He's so talented... He could play so many musical instruments. First he started with playing the guitar, then he went on to the piano, then the drums... then his best which was the violin! Finally, he even played the er hu!!! wah piang! I really think he can play any musical instrument thrown at him!

The best part of the concert was when he played the violin. He played a movie soundtrack and I could feel the song and was very touched! I never knew violin can sound like this! Amazing!

ok.. in the end, he called and we went down to swim..

had a rather good time teaching JB how to swim.. haha he manged to swim a few strokes after 2 hours haha... funny

after dinner, went to ed's place for mj.... (wet and dry swimming all in one day!! haha) and lost money.. sianz

Its a complain post.. if u are not in the mood to hear me complain... dun bother to scroll down.

Right. I'm supposed to be playing bowling and swimming at nic's place now but no, im rotting at home instead... why?? all thankz to matt..

*long string of grumbles ahead....

right.. lets start from beginning of the week... my sis went to swiss then therefore I foresee this week would be a boring one.. without the usual ktvs and pubbing on weeknights with doug and sis... foresee... boring....

was not feeling well on monday due to a very bad throat.. to add to the boredom.. i lost my voice and so.. no ktv sessions for me... monday.. went dinner with his family to celebrate his bro's bday.. after dinner went to his place.. had the usual cake blowing, cutting and eating ceremony... went home after tat....

tuesday... went dinner with matt after work... then went home and rot... sis not at home.. cousin busy maple-ing... no one to chat with... watch tv and rot and slept...

wednesday... supposed to go out dinner... but matt knocked off late.. so tabao and went home to eat with parents... same procedure.. no one to chat... watch tv and rot and slept..

thursday... went dinner with jb and co... at holland... after dinner... kopi session at coffeebean... decided to go mind cafe on the the next day... great.. looking forward to some fun the next day....

friday... matt decided not to go mind cos he too tired... sianz.. spoil my day... waited for him to take dinner... only fetched me at 9pm.. nearly died of hunger.. but canot blame him.. cos he bq at work... go dinner.. go home.. same procedure... already damn pissed.. cos its friday! supposed to be fun day.... nvm... look forward to saturday...

saturday... dinner with his family again to celebrate his sis bday this time... after dinner.. went to his place... watch the repeat telecast of sg idol... then he fell asleep... received sms from huiying.. supper! yeah.. at last some activity!.. happy.. huiying came to pick me... matt smsed me.. angry cos i never accompany him.... he sleeping!! accompany him for wat???? watch him sleep!!!??? sickening.. dun care.. still go supper and went to loyang temple with the gals.. had a rather good time...

sunday.. today... supposed to go nic's place.. bowling and swimming.. already planned this days ahead... happy... hopefully matt would have got enough rest to have fun today... but then no... smsed him in the morning... asked him.. he say sick.. dun wan go ... WIN LIAO LOR!! wat he wans man!!?? wanna bore me to death izzit?? i tot he angry.. so i apologize and asked him to go swimming... but he still replied tat he sick... wah lau! very pissed lor.. nvm.. stay at home lor.. watch tv... then he smsed me ask me where i was.. told him im home.. then he say.. never go nic's place meh?? felt like punching him lor! then i told him.. if i go.. he sure angry.. then he replied.. wan to go to his place accompany him... wah lau eh.. i already so bored.. still ask me to go to his place and rot???!!! so i replied him.. since he wana rest.. then ask him to sleep lah.. while i rot another sunday away.. he replied.. angry... say if i not happy then dun go his place... i replied him a very long sms... complaining to him.. say... he should know i have been rotting the whole week away.. of cos looking forward to some fun in the weekends.. then he wana rest so i let him rest and go out with smarkys.. hoping he can go out today.. then he never reply..

SIANZZZ!!! im getting very bored with this relationship liao lah!!!! sickening...

Some little updates...

Less chance to sing at harkmusic nowadays as they have kinda change their programmes. They have a ktv system for weekdays and therefore they decided to forego the 1 hr singer theme. But there's still chance to sing on weekends. Just did one earlier this month, and the results were not bad heehee... have no idea when will be my next session... just wait lor...

This month is SOCCER MONTH!! been catching most of the world cup matches and of cos bet a little at the singapore pools.. still positive lah... but hard to say... haha Almost every night, we will be at chijmes watching the live telecast of the first match... i like the atmosphere there.. its better than watching it at home.. heehee

Will most probably update after i recover from the world cup fever...

Yeah! I finally received my demo cd!... haha.. listened to it and now I realise why I can never be a recording artiste. I don't sound good on record.. well fated lah..

My cousins listened to it and said that I sounded like a teenager singing... haha *faintz*

But it's definitely fun listening to myself on the speakers haha....

I'm enjoying my own singing... LALALA~~~

I still havent received my demo cd! I called them last thursday telling the guy that I have yet to receive it after 3 weeks. He went to check and called me back saying that he will send me another one. I hope I will be able to receive it this week...

Cant wait anymore lah....

My solo session at harkmusic well rather well. I was not at my best condition as I was still coughing after a month. I guess thats also why Amos didnt 'tekan' me during the performance. It was definitely nice working with Amos and Yuhong as they were the best instumentalist there. I had fun and sang my hearts out, coughing and sipping water in between songs. I did not mention anything about my cough during the performance as I did not want the audience to think I trying to get their 'pity votes'. After the one hour, I went back down to join doug and co. at one of the tables and it definitely felt relaxed after the stressful hour. I was very nervous before the performance as I was not very confident of myself due to my cough. Well, I did the best I could.

The votes were fine.. I got 79% of positive votes and I was glad man! haha.. I duno if I still wanna try it but definitely not in the near future...

The recording wasnt as fun as I thought it would be, but still it was a good experience. First time in a studio was quite exciting actually. Recorded 2 songs in an hour. The demo will be sent to me in a week's time. Anxiously waiting for it now.. hehe

Oh, i think i did not mention anything about my performance at Harkmusic. It was fun working with guitarist and keyboardist. They were fun to be with and it made the whole performance fun! Sang with douglas 2 weeks ago for the first time. My sec sch mates came and support me! so sweet of them and so many of them! There were 7 of them! my goodness! haha.. but thanz dude!

Last week, one of the singer MIA and therefore they called me to replace her to partner with another gal, Meredith. I've seen her around but never heard her sing till the day we performed. It was her first time and therefore she was rather nervous but I do think she did well, even better than my first time haha... Well, second time, and so I didnt feel as excited and nervous. I think i did better than the previous time.

Its back to me and doug this weekend. Hopefully, it will turn out better than the last week. Oh! My solo performance is coming up next sat! Damn excited as the boss will be the guitarist and I heard he will 'tekan' the singer and in turn the audience will vote for me to be back next month or not... my goodness~~

Remember the recording package i mentioned earlier on? Well, they are unable to change the time slot for him and therefore they have decided to let me have a go at it. HAPPY!!! haha... well, i definitely do not deserve it, but in order to not let the package go to waste.. OF COS I will be going lah!~~~

Well, its this coming sunday from 3-4pm, I'll need to bring my own vcds down. Required to prepare 2 songs... So most likely will be Yanzi's songs again! haha.. well.. i seldom buy vcds and therefore.. no choice lah... only have yanzi's haha

Excited about it man! It will be done in a professional recording studio. KOOL~

I'll have my own personal demo cd soonz.... heehee^^

Good news! Doug is the March champion for harkmusic cafe's competition! ( http://www.harkmusic.com/cafe/main.htm ) So happy for him! And so he's got better prizes than me haha He won himself a guitar too but in addition to that, he's got a recording session where he gets to do up a demo cd. So kool! They have arranged for him to go down on 9th apr but he has to go on a business trip. So he's still trying to check whether he can change the date if not it will all be wasted.

Another good news is, both me and douglas have been chosen to be trainee singers at harkmusic cafe. We will be making our debut performance on tomoro. We will singing for an hour and we havent made any preparations yet! haha.. well, hope my cough and his sorethroat will not destroy the whole performance tomoro.. * fingers crossed*

We are also scheduled to sing on 16th, and 30th April. Oh! I also have a solo session on 22nd Apr. If anyone wanna hear me sing, just drop by okie? hehe~~

Its been ages since I last updated my blog.

Some short updates:

1) Genting Trip - The trip was good, the company was definitely better! Oh, BRODS came in first for the group category BE A STAR singing competition. We were there to witness their performance and were cheering on them like we were fans! haha... (BRODS are one of the finalist for SuperBand. Please give them your support too! You will impressed by their performance!)

2) I finally won a singing competition after joining so many of them. It’s a small little monthly competition held at a music café. I was the 1st runner up for January 2006. Soooo happy.
( http://www.harkmusic.com/cafe/main.htm )

The ktv gang went to Genting!! WOOHOO!! It was definitely an enjoyable trip as its the company that matters most... There were a total of ten of us.

Well, most of our time were spent in the casino as usual. I did not gamble much this time as I did not bring enough money for it. But I felt lucky! Matt and me were randomly chatting on the way up to genting. I was telling him to bet the number '9' as its my lucky number.

Once we reached the hotel, put down our stuff. We had our lunch at KFC becoz the chicken there tastes much better than singapore's KFC! Yummy~

After lunch, we set off to the casino and wandered around. I was wandering around to a "big small" table. I had no malaysian ringgit with me and therefore I could only watch... And then, the number '9' appeared!! OMG!! i missed my chance of winning! crap... oh well.. no choice...

So i continued wandering around... wandered to the roulette tables. Matt was nearby and he joined me. Then he said "ay, bet 9 lah.. " I told him that theres 36 numbers.. "so very difficult one lah... " then bloody hell!! really number 9!!! crap x 2!! sickening... no choice again lor...

After wandering around for quite awhile, i sat down to play some jackpot and lost 40ringgit in 30mins.. sianz... duno whether shud feel lucky or unlucky...

Its papa's birthday. We went to noblehouse (again) for dinner, yummy! 8 of us, including my 2 cousin, Shawn and Ian were gobbling down the food haha Great dinner! I bought emicakes' durian cake, intended to eat after dinner but we were all too full for it, so we brought it to our next destination. We went to ktv at shenton way and sang the night away...

*please go to http://ktvfreak.blogspot.com for our ktv session.

Sunday afternoon, a few of us smarkys gathered at HY's place to hang out and also celebrate SZ. Attendance was alrite, given that there were 5 of us to start with. Bought some fruits and tidbits and started holding a mini picnic at her place. We ended watching a dvd at the living while pigging out on the tidbits.

Matt came over to pick me up for dinner with his family. We had ala-carte buffet at UOB plaza's 60th storey. Cant remember the name of the restaurant haha.. Dinner was alrite, guess I still prefer Noblehouse.

Reached home at around 10plus, both my cousins were home on my bed! My god, my bed has became their hangout spot. Anyway, waited for my sister to come back after midnight. Took the cranberry cake out and started singing birthday at the top of our voices eventhough my parents were already asleep... haha...

It was a weekend full of birthday celebrations...

First was my cousin's, Ian 18th birthday. We held a small party on sat afternoon at my place, inviting some of his friends. My mummy cooked lotsa yummy food. We had curry, fried bee hoon, chicken wing, hotdogs, sotong balls, jellies, cake of cos! Some of his hyper relay friends came too and they all started calling me 'pigletz' becoz thats the nick I use to play the online game.. so embarassing... I wish they won't call me that on the streets...

Dinner was at marche HMV celebrating Peipei's birthday. We had pizza, crepe, rosti, caesar salad, sausage, and more! So filling! After marche, we proceed to coffee club for coffee. I ordered Iced Rambutan and it turned out to be PINK! why is rambutan pink?? Although I hated the colour, the drink was still good. After coffee, we walked around orchard but it started to drizzle. Then we realised that Glenn actually drove! Well, he should have said so earlier then we could have got out of orchard earlier. Went down to West Coast McCafe for another round of coffee and cheesecakes. Yummy and cheap too! Mc Cafe is the best!

Hey folks, here are the links to my UK photos.. I know I took ages.. at last I've got them organised haha...

www.mandyuk.shutterfly.com

the past weekend was spent mostly at home and hanging out with matt, sis and my cousins.

Was off on saturday and therefore decided to catch the repeat telecast of 100% Entertainment at 2am. Went to sleep at 3am and woke up at 4pm!! Shiok man! Its been some time since I last slept till afternoon! haha..

woke up, chill out at home, watch tv, surf net till dinner time. Went to the HK cafe at east coast once again with matt, sis, shawn. Had a very filling dinner and went off to beach road as my sis need to submit the photocopies of our passports to the travel agency for the genting trip. Shawn mentioned about the famous riceballs and then it was dessert at the hawker centre. back home at 10plus, chill out, watch tv and surf net again... haiiz..bored

Woken up on sunday by my mum informing us that it was grandma's birthday and we will be having dinner at TPY central. Kerk dropped by to pick up my CPU back home to repair it. Its done already! it was just the power supply unit down.. chey.. okie, i will be getting it back tonite and i will have to really get my UK photos done up and developed!! haha...

dinner wasnt good and i guess my cousins didnt fill the stomachs. so off we went to chomp chomp for our second round haha.. ate the famous beancurd.. yummy~~~ its was great!!! i wanna eat it again!!!

Aunt snail flew to HK on sat morning.. so now theres no one to MSN me while working... so bored!!! Aunt Snail, quick quick come back okie??

Damn sleepy today.. duno why also... was rotting at home the past weekend, reading harry potter, watching tv, playing online games.. watever... now can still be so tired... haiiz

Oh yah, we did someting really crazy on sat night... or shud i say sunday morning... My sis, cousins and I ate Mac breakfast at 4am!!! My god! Its insane, but its definitely fun and enjoyable. Me and my sis were reading harry potter.. but i kinda fell asleep at 3am.. shawn was already sleeping.. and Ian went down to buy our big breakfast and hotcakes meal at 4am! In case you are wondering... the mac below my flat opens 24hrs and they start serving breakfast at 4am. So the 4 of us were eating breakfast damn quickly cos we all were damn tired already!

After breakfast, we went straight to bed and we had to torture ourselves by listening to shawn singing all the ktv tunes... ARGH!!! But after awhile.. silence....

I have finally set my eyes on a handphone. Its the upcoming Sony Ericsson W900i. Saw this on the website ( http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=sg&lc=en&ver=4000&template=pp1_loader&php=php1_10333&zone=pp&lm=pp1&pid=10333) but I have no idea when will it be released and how much will it be.

I'm guessing it to be around $900 becos this is a 3G phone with 470mb memory for songs and it can be expanded to 2GB. KOOL!

The current W800i and W550i are selling at $668 & $538 respectively. I do hope the phone will be out soonz and I will wait till Mar 2006 before buying it cos thats when my $500 voucher will expire. So I will hope for the price to drop further by then..

pray hard for me....