Saturday, 28 February 2009

rockafella

HELLLOOOOOO CJC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
haha. that was what i shouted when the curtains opened and the cheers from the crowd greeted us. for a moment i was stunned and just stood there soaking it all in. then came to my senses, took the mike and shouted into it lol.
yeah, rockafella was pretty ok. actually it wasn't as good as i had hoped. cos i kinda messed up abit of my second solo. and according to daryl, brother paul wasn't very happy cos we blasted our instruments until the judges couldn't hear me sing. but everyone i asked told me they could hear the singing. so i'm wondering what's the difference between the judges ears and those in the audience. cos the video yiying helped me take could also hear the singing very clearly. haha. ah it doesn't matter now lah.
actually i thought it was quite bad, but after seeing the video i think it was actually quite ok.
i think "only one" was good. the crowd sang along during the chorus. my class were cheering like mad haha! and there was one part where the crowd did a kallang wave. i think it was during the solo haha.
now i look back, i think "i'd hate to be you" was a wrong song choice. cos it's not a very well-known song. so the crowd couldnt sing along. maybe something like "she will be loved" would have been better. but no use crying over spilt milk lah.
well, it was a good experience:) the biggest stage we've ever performed on! and the largest audience. i think about half the school went? the whole auditorium was filled lah. and to just hear the crowd was like... wow... haha. too bad my classmates weren't allowed to go right up to the stage so i couldn't do my planned stage dive. LOL. we had REALLY planned to do it! totally nuts haha. but thanks to the class for supporting me(: hearing them scream and seeing them stand up and cheer my name was the best part of last night.
having a band performance is really something. i'm not sure if i'll ever perform in front of such a big crowd again. or having such mad supporters. but i really hope i get another chance. performing is really something else.
but being in the crowd is another thing!! haha. when Class Act (last year's winners) performed "beat it" i escaped from backstage to the hall and joined my class. and we starting going OUTTA CONTROL. haha! jumping like crazy and a BIT of moshing. hahaha.. moshing is the most fun thing ever man. too bad the school didn't allow it...
yep. all in all a good experience. i performed not to win, but to just perform and entertain.
one great rock show can change the world...

Thursday, 26 February 2009

busy busy

wohoho haven't posted here for quite some time!
i've been really busy in school.
bcos first of all, trying to keep up with all my work. actually not really trying, but you know what i mean..
soccer training is getting intensive cos a-divisions is coming in april.
and also Hastily Assembled auditioned and got into rockafella. so there have been rehearsals. unfortunately the student council put them on days where there's also football training. so i've had to juggle them. i think coach isn't very happy that i missed some parts of training.
we had a friendly match with AJC yesterday. the match got cancelled after 10min cos of rain... we were actually leading 1-0 early on through an own goal. i missed a good chance and reko hit the post too. so we could have been 3-0 up after 10min haha.
anws, rockafella is tmr! (rockafella is an annual CJC rock concert event where all the ticket and shirt money goes to charity) our band, Hastily Assembled, is gonna be playing "only one" by yellowcard and "i'd hate to be you when people find out what this song is about" by mayday parade. i'm lead singer and lead guitarist, cheang is rhythm guitar, YC on keyboard, matthew tay on drums and edwin on bass. we haven't played at all since the auditions (which were one month ago) cos we're all so busy. me with soccer, YC and edwin with fencing, and cheang with dunno what he has lah. so the rehearsals have not been that good. due to some unforeseen circumstances such as the council not letting us play our full songs due to time-constraints and curtains closing on us while we're playing. lol. but i think we'll do fine tmr. i've got some nice crowd-rallying stuff up my sleeve(:
yeah well, it's been a really stressful and busy week. juggling soccer, rockafella, and studies. not to mention there's interclass handball tmr.. i have to play cos i'm either gonna be keeper to stop the goals or play centre to dictate the game and make killer passes. so i'm very important. haha..
normally with a week like this i would feel so dead and anxious, but a good thing happened this week that made me feel much better. God knows how much i needed that, man..
oh yeah, liverpool beat real madrid 1-0 last night too:)
don't know when i'm gonna post again, but definitely when i've got more time:)

Thursday, 5 February 2009

Jersey

Cause Jersey just got colder and
I'll have you know i'm scared to death
That everything that you had said to me was just
A lie until you left
Now i'm hoping just a little bit stronger
Hold me up just a little bit longer
I'll be fine, i swear
I'm just gone beyond repair

Let's write a song that we can dance to
Cause they all wanna listen
Just to know how it sounds when
I do that thing you know that i do
When i find inspiration
This is me breaking down when

Jersey just got colder and
I'll have you know i'm scared to death
That everything that you had said to me was just
A lie until you left
Now i'm hoping just a little bit stronger
Hold me up just a little bit longer
I'll be fine, i swear
I'm just gone beyond repair

Let's write a song that we can sing to
And you can lead the choir
And put the hook where it hurts most
And you threw a spark that lit the candle
That set us all on fire
And sent a flame down the east coast

Jersey just got colder and
I'll have you know i'm scared to death
That everything that you had said to me was just
A lie until you left
Now i'm hoping just a little bit stronger
Hold me up just a little bit longer
I'll be fine, i swear
I'm just gone beyond repair

And i should have been your everything
I'm now at the end of my eternity
And i will sleep to have the darkest dreams
This just won't seem right to me I close my eyes and beg for peace

Jersey just got colder and...
Jersey just got colder and...
Jersey just got colder and...

Jersey just got colder and
I'll have you know i'm scared to death
That everything that you had said to me was just
A lie until you left
Now i'm hoping just a little bit stronger
Hold me up just a little bit longer
I'll be fine, i swear
I'm just gone beyond repair


another Mayday Parade song..

Wednesday, 4 February 2009

Your Song

You say that Gainesville's got no soul
Well that sounds like a good excuse for coming home
And all these Tallahassee skylines they keep singing out a song
and know it's your song they've been singing all night long
and this gally early rooftop just keeps calling out your name to come and stay (so stay)

So stay
Stay and watch the stars come out and then the sun as they all fade away
I'll sing you every song I know if it will make you want to stay
And then i'll say
That I missed you
And these words
They'll convince you

I poured through every song I wrote
Every line that I've cried, every note that was split with this pen
And every line in every song, they all seemed to come out wrong
Until your song
So let's sing it all night long
And this Tallahassee skyline hasn't changed
While the view from every rooftop says to stay

Stay and watch the stars come out and then the sun as they all fade away
I'll sing you every song I know if it will make you want to stay
And then i'll say
That I missed you
And these words
They'll convince you


And I could call you baby doll all the time
And you'd whisper in my ears, you'd say i missed you boy
So sing it over again, and over again, and over again,
And I could call you baby doll all the time
And you'd whisper in my ears, you'd say i missed you boy
Now sing it over again and over again, and over again


by Mayday Parade

Tuesday, 27 January 2009

Happy CNY

happy CNY to all of you people.
it's the same as always. go grandparents house and collect hongbaos. sit there and stone. after awhile then go into one room so nobody can see me sleep. every year the same cycle repeats itself. haha...
my scar is now just a scar. it looks ugly and cool at the same time. but i don't like it being too obvious. i rather have the type that people can only see when they look closely.
last week went to school. paid attention at times. it's so hard to focus. especially when i feel some lessons like GP are useless. we even had parent-teacher meeting, so mum went. she asked mr rajoo how i was doing. he told her the same story as last year, that there are no doubts about my ability, just that i'm still sleeping and not working hard yet. then they want me to come up with a timetable to study etc etc.. so yeah i came up with it. but i'm not gonna start on it til after tomorrow. it's just a simple 1 hour of studying everyday mon-thurs. i don't wanna start off too ambitious haha. i doubt i can follow this regime anyway.
i tried to get some work done too. but i only managed to complete my econs holiday homework. but that's only cos it was on the music industry haha. so naturally i decided to do it on rock music. chose to do it on mayday parade too, cos supposed to do on a group that is upcoming or fairly unknown. mayday parade rocks man. their songs are addictive. and the lyrics are just.. wow. later maybe i put up one of their song lyrics.
sports: liverpool have drawn both league and FA cup games 1-1 against everton at anfield. does nothing to brighten my mood. gerrard got the goal in both games. amazing how he's still playing like that. even with all the court accusations and stuff. need to start winning man. too many draws already. a few more draws and we'll fall further behind man utd in the title race. we're still level on points with them, so i guess it's good. just that they have a game in hand. but yeah, if someone had said at the start of the season that liverpool will be in this position with 16 games to go, i'd have taken it.
coach was sick for the most part of last week too. so we didn't really train properly. there were some sec4 graduates who came for a trial game on wednesday. so we played against them 11 vs 11. we beat them 9-3. i'm still wondering how we managed to let in 3 goals. i bagged 2 goals in the game. but honestly, it should have been 4 or 5. missed some clear chances when i got pushed forward to striker at the last part of the game. but i think i'm playing my attacking midfield position really well. the whole team is starting to take shape. so a couple more months of intensive training and maybe, just maybe, we might be able to have a crack at the semis come the a-divisions in april.
i'm no longer chairperson of youth comm as well. cos the new comm is like, formed. but i'll stay on a while to help the new chairperson. which will be announced on sunday at plh.
yeah well that's about all i can say for now.
here's the best of some mayday parade lyrics:

"Three Cheers for Five Years"

I swear that you don't have to go, I thought we could wait for the fireworks
I thought we could wait for the snow, to wash over Georgia and kill the hurt
I thought I could live in your arms, and spend every moment I had with you
Stay up all night with the stars, confess all the faith that I had in you (I had in you)

Too late, I'm sure, and lonely
Another night, another dream wasted on you
Just be here now, against me
You know the words, so sing along for me baby

For Heaven's sake, I know you're sorry, but you wont stop crying
This anniversary may never be the same
Inside I hope you know I'm dying, with my heart beside me, in shattered pieces that, may never be replaced
And if I died right now, you'd never be the same

"Miserable At Best"

You're all that I hoped I'd find, in every single way
And everything I could give, is everything you couldn't take
Cause nothing feels like home, you're a thousand miles away
And the hardest part of living is just taking breaths to stay
Because I know I'm good for something i just haven't found it yet, but I need it

And this will be the first time in a week that I'll talk to you and I can't speak
It's been three whole days since I've had sleep because I dream of his lips on your cheek
And I got the point that I should leave you alone but we both know that I'm not that strong
And I miss the lips that made me fly

yup combined with the music it's great! can emo to this kinda songs man.. haha..
ok, happy CNY to everyone. let's hope yours is better than mine.

Friday, 16 January 2009

harry potter and the something something something...

wow stay at grandma's and don't use the comp for a few days then come back to see uncle alvin flood my tagboard haha.
yeah my uncle is cool!
first week of school's been ok. bcos 8 of last year's class didn't promote so this year the class is kinda more well-behaved. lol. it's abit quiet without people like justin and kenneth ong around. and no chris and steven to talk to at recess time. no louis as well so now i'm sitting with joshua in class and talking to him. dare i say it, it's kinda strange without calista's whining too haha!! last year could have 3 tables playing bridge at one time but now it's just one. so we started playing lotsa hockey in class since syam and shu feng leave their sticks in the cupboard haha. i'm actually not bad! but our backs hurt after a while cos we keep bending down.
i think sometimes i'm behaving well and paying attention in class and lectures but sometimes i'm still talking and not being focused haha. so it's good sometimes and bad sometimes. but still early days lah, i'm just warming up man.
anws i've got this huge scar on my forehead now bcos at the cj open house last friday i was tying the soccer banner to the goal-post and it caught the wind and pulled the whole goal-post down. i fell with it and hit my head against the post so it split open and bled profusely. ya, kinda stupid haha. had to go to a doctor and was supposed to get stitches but the doc said he'll patch it up for me with some special tissue glue instead of stiches. advantage: it will leave less of a scar. disadv: take longer to heal. i missed soccer training the whole of this week cos of it. it's better now and there's just a line on my forehead so the class guys keep calling me harry potter haha.
ok gotta go cos it's dinner soon.

Thursday, 8 January 2009

Grandma's house grandma's house!!

hi peeps! i'm staying at grandma's house til 15th! so won't be using the comp that often. i'm using the comp now cos i came back to my own house for awhile cos school ended early. grandma's house is at ang mo kio by the way.
yesterday had football training. first one since the holidays lah. we're really slack man. whole team's gotta work hard to qualify from the group stages this year. we had surprise beep test. i managed to get to stage 12.4 which was 4th in the team of 16. should be safe to get into a-div squad but i think gonna be really really hard to break the CJ record of 15.0.
this friday is the CJ open house too. so we gotta set up a booth and stuff. i'm just happy we'll get to play some 5-on-5s during the open house lol.
anws here are 2 quizes that was on yiying's blog.

tagged by yiying

1)What is your full name? Lum I-Zack
2)Do you like your name? yes!
3)How long have you like the person you currently like? oh i like her for *censored*
4) Have you kissed anyone before? yes i kiss e-rae everyday!(:
5)What are you doing at 8am this morning? sleeping
6)What were you doing an hour ago? eating lunch
7) What are you currently doing? doing this quiz lah duh
8)Who was the last to text you? hannah
9)Have you told anyone you love them today? no
10)Are you missing anyone right now? yeah i guess so
11)Name someone whose name starts with Z. zinedine zidane
12)Which friend of yours stays near you? quite a few lah. all the serangoon people like marie and hannah.
13)Do you prefer to call or sms? depends on the situation and the person and also if my sms bill is bursting.
14)Can you live a day without your television or handphone? yes both also can live without
15)Do you hate anyone now? no
16)Are you mad about anything right now? no
17)Who do you text the most this month? not sure. i don't bother keeping track
18)Who is the last person you talk to? the aunty when i buying food. i tell her i want the chicken meat.
19) Tag 10 people to do this quiz. anyone who reads this blog is invited to do it.

tagged by yiying again(:

1) list out 3 friends you can think of now. joe, david and jon
2) why are you thinking of them now? cos this quiz ask me to think of 3 friends and these 3 came to my mind lor. think i gay ah?
3) are they your best friends? yes that's why i thought of them
4) what do you like about them? er... we are friendly to each other and some more we know each other since we were young haha!
6) now let's stop talking about them and tell me whats on your mind right now. confidential information.. haha!
7) are you happy/sad/annoyed/uncomfortable/excited about whats on your mind right now? er... it's complicated? maybe i'm annoyed that i think too much.
8) what do you wish for to happen now? confidential info too. why is this quiz so personal. haha.
9) who did you just talk to on the phone and when was it? last night talk to mum
10) who was the last to text you a message? hannah
11) do you feel stuck up at home now? maybe stuck at grandma's. that's why i came home! haha so funny. for once i don't feel stuck up at my own home lol.
12) do you like to do quizzes? actually they're quite fun and great for wasting time!
13) why do you like to do them? refer to qns12
14) when do you want to have a boyfriend/girlfriend? when i'm ready. maybe after a-levels or during army or something. in God's timing lah.
15) when do you want to get married? after i get a girlfriend. haha! er.. i think when i'm 24 would be nice. but i might not have enough money yet lol. oh yes and i wanna get married to my first girlfriend. so first gf better watch out.
16) how many kids do you want to have? 2 or 3 would be nice. 2 like too little, but 3 then got middle-child problem. maybe 4! haha. wait that's too many!!!
17) would you like to live in a house of your own with your husband and children? you mean my wife? haha yeah own house would be nice. but maybe stay with mum and dad then don't need to buy my own house haha!!
18) do you think this quiz is asking about your future? abit i guess.
19) are all what you said earlier true? i think so. i try not to lie. if there's something i don't wanna say then it's confidential info.
20) what song can you think of now? "i'd hate to be you when people find out what this song is about" by mayday parade.
21) do you listen to the radio? nope
22) what do you hate most in this world? er... i'm not sure. we should hate sin!
23) list out 7 names. joe, david, jon, YC, cheang, renyi, ryan
24) randomly pick a number from 1 - 7 without looking at the screen. i did ini-mini-mynee-mo! and i got 7. haha
25) what is his/her name? ryan loh zhi wei
26) do you like him/her as a friend? yes
27) why? cos he's a good guy, good christian, my friend from mshs, brother from CRYSIz, we talk well together, trustworthy dude, he likes me too so that helps, he was my right-hand man during sec3 and 4 when i was class-chairman, etc..
28) pass this quiz to 8 friends. anyone who wants to do it haha.

yup that's all! gotta go back to gramma's house.