THE time. has come!

on whooooole day! i'm finally home and blogging!
not about any ordinary day...
MUSIC MARATHON HAS STARTED.

THANK YOU
-the choir pianist for helping us with the transition thingy!
-to everyone who came and supported us! and the school!
especially the 3c2 girls, it was so encouraging to see y'all there!
valerie patricia melissa adeline madeline joey priscilla stacey missang tania ...!
hope i didn't miss anyone out? so so so so many people there...
and i saw Desmond there too. (haha the other bellers kept asking weird qns...)
and lots of old seniors!
-oh, thanks Jillian for lending Chris, Ethel and i money to buy water!

Opening was SO grand la!
Handbells did a fanfare when the GOH came in.
he gave a speech...
we were all preparing for THE moment, THE ring of the bell.
so he rang the bell...
Ethel, Christabel and I rang one line of the choir's song as an intro,
then 3 of us played He's Got The Whole World In His Hands together with the choir.
an OH OH OH THERE WERE DAMN ALOT OF PHOTOGRAPHERS CAN!
or is it alot of flashes? oh whatever, i only know we saw ALOT ALOT of camera flashes.
all this while.. i didn't know the stupid CNA cameraman was filming us...
i think we started off really well!

choir sang well too! well done!
it's not easy to sing for 30 minutes..
Sarah was at the end of the front row. haha!

and then the handbell girls came up again to ring bells and chimes for 30 mins.
i made countless mistakes lor
kept screwing! pain la... ring wrong bell, come in at the wrong time, timing went out...
some of them were super obvious la!
on the inside, i was like,
crap crap crap shit i forgot to ring
and the outside, perspiring profusely and trying to look as if everything's going on fine.
like so omg! so many mistakes!
but i dont think anyone knows until they come here, or else they must have very sharp ears.
and then the cameras were all flashing, still.
and then the stupid CNA cameraman kept filming the treblers! the high bells part!
ya he filmed everyone but he kept focusing on us la!
and i was secretly hoping he'd go and film the bass bells instead.
fag! fish! noob!
can you imagine, if he picked up our mistakes...?
thankfully, there wasn't any when he filmed us =)
anyway we've done our part and it's over. haha

...

after dinner with Ling Ying, Theodora and sec 2s Lim Xi, Charlene, Zi Qi, Sherry, Ling Cyen.
i was with LY and Theo at the chomp chomp bus stop, half dead.
one whole day leh of course wanna die la.
Valerie called me.

"Joyce! i saw you on TV leh! somemore they show your face very big lor! got show the George Yeo ringing the bell and then 3 of y'all ring and then show the choir.. but most of the time showing y'all 3... then got your face leh! very big! and they zoomed into your hand there show you ringing...!"

i tell you, i was practically screaming into the phone and the whole bus stop knew i had been on TV.
whoops... then some ppl msged me the same thing.
still
LIKE SO OMG LOR! THEY ACTUALLY
SHOWED THAT OPENING PART!
I SO WANTED THEM TO SHOW THE WHOLE GROUP
PLAYING TOGETHER LA!
not just 3 of us...
COS WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER!
and... MY FACE??
walau...

i hope not many ppl i know were watching CNA at that time...
so maluating pls!!!!!!!
so OMG, i was ON TV....

alright enough of non-verbal shouting.
i. need. to. sleep!
sorry but the group which did their item after ours was kinda boring.
i could see that most of the people were walking away.
PRATA BLONG/BLING/BENG's GROUP!
WE WILL DO BETTER OKAY!

and amazingly, it wasn't as scary as i thought.
just keep focusing on the conductor...
and smile! make mistakes also pretend nothing happen!
today my vision was blurred, i dunno why...
so i couldn't see the scores properly also...
rang Ab when it was an A.
such an obvious mistake because of the look on the conductor's face.
heng ah, no long debrief otherwise all of us will kena.
because all of us were talking about the mistakes made,
right after we finished our 30mins.

ok. SLEEP.
and thank God that things are going on fine so far.
(to think that at this time, they are still going on at millenia walk)
do you think PL can break this 90-hour record of non-stop music?
i dunno. cos it's definitely not easy.

such were the thoughts.. between 2000 and 0040.

swee lee this sat. but not q-ing overnight.

right.
here's what's happening at 2.09pm, hours before we start
the 90 hours of pure hell record-breaking music.
in the school library. (i'm using the comp)

handbellers in their gowns sitting around with totally NOTHING to do.
!!!!!!!
cause we have up to 3.30pm. juniors are trying to decide, make up first or get food or..?
haha. sec ones don't have the costumes. sad eh.

later..
I'M GOING TO START OFF THE WHOLE THING TOGETHER WITH
MR. GEORGE YEO(GOH,ringing one bell), CHRISTABEL AND ETHEL (ringing bells too)
and the CHOIR.
THEY SAID THE MEDIA MIGHT BE THERE!!!!!

I'M DAMN SCARED LA CAN!!!
such a big event... i mean, yeah, i've been performing for many years.
but,
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
if i ring the bell at the wrong time or use wrong hand or whatever,
wah good luck man.
ok joyce, calm down... your juniors also not scared
you scared for what la? fish leh!

okok. i shall stop panicking.
many of the 3c2-ers are going down later.
to support the school!
or is it to support our class choir and me?
haha! kidding lar..
luckily Tim's doing camp la. like, PHEW.
lol. and i heard the stage is small?
we shall see.
it CANNOT be small because the Mrs Wong
will destroy the place with their screams.
and we cannot do our stuff on Monday.
what coffee table and sofa on stage???
please tell me it's not true

might update tonight. look out for this space!

these few days are going to be partly hell for me

firstly...

HAPPY 15th BIRTHDAY JOEY!! aka HORSEY!
thanks so much for the memories...
NONG NONG ago... when your family just shifted into the block...
i was like, who is this other girl from PL (pri)?
and we didn't talk at all.
i only knew that your (then) dog was very cute.
HAHAHA
and then somehow, we started talking and P6 ended...
you complained that you'd rather get into Yuying than PL.
LOLs.
then sec 1 and 2... alot of things la. i shan't embarrass you!
and now we're in sec 3. wowness.
even got a band! not bad. haha...

ok. today's also my sister's birthday, so
HAPPY 8TH BIRTHDAY GLORIA!
yeah. 8 years old.
haha! and my sis is very smart la,
not like me =/

last handbell prac... sweating like mad. rushing things here and there...
ask you to rush so many things you'll just die la.
but what choice have i got right. hrrrr...

...ha ha, so much for being concerned.

first day of school,
first performance of the term
and i fell terribly sick.

vomitted my dinner last night. urgh.
as you can see, i'm not in school. this morning i couldn't even move la...
much much better now, fever almost gone. thank you Ling Ying...

maybe i should pop by at Wee Lee's later to check the group out...
oh. yeah. i left my wallet in school so no ezlink card. forget about going to Wee Lee.
where is my wallet??? PB room? handbell room? canteen? classroom? general office?

Millenia Walk, The Great Hall
Thursday: 7.00pm (handbellers opening the 'event')
Saturday: 11pm (by the o'level music girls)
Monday: 10am and 11.00am (my band and the rest of the group)

those are the time slots... i'm performing 3 times, great. just great.
why fall sick when there are so many rehearsals going on... when there's so many things to do... argh.

if i'm not wrong, Monday is a holiday cos of youth day. right? so the school's eating up our holiday la! they're damn nice can...

school starts tmr

FCBC's praise and worship... so grand! like some concert. i'm sure big churches are like that la... but the down side is that can get distracted by the pro-ness of the musicians and the dancers. haha. so instead of focusing on God the attention is shifted to the humans -.-

their sermon today was about getting Rest from Stress...
and the part on forgiveness was almost the same as what was preached during church camp.
most of it so represents what's happening.
amazingly amazing.
very very extraordinary.

cabbed down to Wee Lee's after their youth service with Priscilla and Raphael.
Joey, Sarah and Stacey were in another cab, in front of us. and we reached first!
Pris was so funny can...
someone called her and gave her a bible quiz over her hp...
and she cheated all the way la.. by referring to my bible. tsk tsk!
INTEGRITY! haha.

right.
jamming is getting a little boring...
because, we're playing the same four songs over and over again. time to play some more.
and that short Wee Lee uncle keeps looking into that zoo enclosure. (the pathetic studio)
there was a bass amp on display, $110. the small one. so tempted to grab it...
cos i have R's bass and cable BUT no amp.
bass without an amp.
-____-.

now, i'm stuck with 2 skirttings for the handbell table.
they are freaking big i tell you.
and i'm supposed to iron them. but HOW to?
maid says can't... mum wont help... left with me la.
"crapanathan"
HOW am i going to iron it????? trying hard not to make a hole in it.

i hope tomorrow's primary school performance goes well...

you brought me loads higher

[edited, 11.54am, 25 june]

raw oysters!! can't get enough of them!
mum ordered them this afternoon. Jack's Place. haha!

R doesn't know this, but...
he really made my day. here's why:
HE AGREED TO LEND ME HIS BASS TMR! so i can stop worrying about how to get one for the music marathon :D then Stacey can use it too. i thought he was a major crapper but looks like there's this other side of him which i only saw today. he's so nice to talk to.. and he said his bass was some antique, so i have to take extra care of it. omg he's so nice...
but no amplifier of course, how to carry all la. lols.
don't worry, R, i will. like my life depends on it (:
thank God!

(haha btw, this R isn't Raphael. he's someone else)

right. now for the down-er thing...
i won't be able to join my cell tomorrow to visit Joe's dead mum after the 2nd service ):
cos i'll be going for 1st service alone and then thank R again for his bass and then put it at home and then to FCBC, then jam.
see how much i'm sacrificing for jamming... but i guess,it's ok.. for the sake of you guys.
i might go for the wake on Monday night after CCA. see first.

learnt to submit everything to God, and things got better. ALOT.
i felt like crying during today's cg discussion. the topic was so related to some things... the way Kevin led the discussion was superb. like really.
cos' we know, everything will pass... but God's word and His promises will never. ever.
He already knows our thoughts and what we're going through, so it's kinda stupid if we're ashamed to tell or confess stuff to Him.

He died so that i could live.
He paid the price so that i could have it for free.
He suffered so that i could enjoy.
He was punished so that i could be forgiven.

tell me, what can be greater than that? can you ever find something better? Daddy, Who never lets us down? i know i can always call on Him and trust Him. Daddy, Who would give me rest when i go to Him, weary and burdened. ah, His love is so great.

(by saying that, i am indirectly sending 'messages' to some people :D
myself included actually
feeling a little down this period so, i hope that helps :))

sudden? again?

Andrew msged me...
he said Kevin told his sis that Joe's mum has passed away.in her sleep.
like omg, another death? and it's someone i know? again?
she accepted Christ last church camp, thankfully...
so we don't have to grief that much.
but a few of us actually planned something for Joe tmr after service,
and Smarties volunteered to help buy the cake. now it seems like the celebration has been replaced by a wake...

plan to meet Andrew tmr to buy Clarissa's late bd prezzie.
how long liao la now then buy.

handbell.
practices on monday, tuesday, wednesday...
2.30 to 5 or 6pm.
jamming how? will have to be at night or i'll just keep going late.
unless they wanna screw me. i'll cry la. literally.

teachers said the sec 4s have stepped down already. which leaves the sec 3s in charge.
thought mrs wong said something like "no more interview" and they were going to pick the new exco just like that. my ears must be playing tricks on me.
sec 3s stayed back today, to prepare for monday's performance.
counted all the things we're supposed to move.
seems like just yesterday, we were sec 1s and depended so much on the seniors.

should i blog about yesterday?
hmmmmmmm. lazy.
just blog it in my diayland blog i guess.
pw protected...

Hilary (Tan) keeps msging me abt the music marathon for o'level music ppl...
"how?"
like i know how... i'm busy like siao already lor, with cca and class things taking up so much of my time...
now have ANOTHER ONE...
want to say ''don't care'' also cannot. we are SO gonna die.
i really feel like telling her "i don't care about this already la"
but it's not nice. so i'm not repying her msg. is that worse?

woo hoo.

was late for CCA again cos of lack of sleep. haha...
we polished the bells, all five octaves. tiring man.. the sec 1s can do quite a good job. i checked all their polished bells and yeah they were okay. and then something freaking scary happened. the F#7 bell dropped. not i drop one lor! wah i tell you, got shocked like anything la... cos most bells already have alot of scratches. omg..

i thought the comm interview was today. scare me la!! so it wasn't.

geography project with Persie, Sarah and Joey. and Stacey was there too.
we were distracted by alot of other things. first we were feeling down cos of something.
then Sarah and all her 1*beep*2.. followed by "fag", "fish", "noob"...
Joey and Stacey went high with some music ( i forgot what) and they were dancing around. lol... after that we ALL went high with the guitar and some singing.
fine la i admit i didn't do much work today okay?

i suggested both Christian and secular songs but,
band wants to do all-secular.
i'll never (and ever will) forget that it was the Lord who gave me this special ability to pick up music stuff slightly faster than people (i didn't say much, it's slightly)
and so jamming Christian songs is only a small part to thank God and play for Him. but it seems like after the music marathon, no Christian songs...? there'll be no one else to jam these songs with, which is very very sad. not like the o'level music band will last la... i know it wont.
and hey i'm not against the idea of all-secular because majority of the band wants it this way, so... haha. yups.

when am i going to get my bass? music marathon- class and o'level music... that's two separate items. bassist for both, (and without a bass)
handbellers are gonna 'open' the whole thing...

7pm-8pm (handbells item)
millennia walk
29th june 2006

support us! support ME! haha jk. support US cause we really put in ALOT of effort..
it's hard to coordinate certain parts of the songs but we did it!
two of the pieces we're going to play are familiar ones... yet challenging
so,

SUPPORT THE HANDBELLERS PLEASE!

(not playing keyboard for For All You've Done already... don't want to be labelled "selfish" or anything =))

parents. jamming. bassing. put music into this poem, chords included.

i'm tired out again la. haha... but it's all worth it.. another long post.

Saturday
i was on duty again for backups. Rastus and Rasmus can play What The World Will Never Take like, WOAH. WAH WAH WAH. impressed by them man. You're Everything was kinda screwed, but we're playing and singing for God right, so :)

talked about what we learnt from church camp during cg (cell group) discussion. which was like, alot. slave and princely mentality, forgiveness, ....

parents screamed at me when i asked,
"can i go and jam tomorrow?"
because there's a mountain of uncompleted homework.

lets see. did homework with Joey until 5 am. yes, 5 AM not PM. but we were talking and laughing about the turkwa thing for more than an hour :D

Yesterday
my father scolded me for saying i was going out to jam.
and that the next time i could go for jamming was when ALL the homework's completed. siao... i knew the next day going to jam again la, so i just shut up.

did quite alot, very very good. with Adeline also... she sang. and then there was this girl who came in and asked, "are all of you from PL?" so we were like "yar" and she said "i was from PL too!". then she went on to ask us to play for her to listen and she gave comments and all. while all these went on, her band stood outside. she was so nice la, very supportive... and all of us went super high..

the ex-PL lite's band joined us for dinner. by the way, her name's Michelle and her band is from City Harvest church. haha... they want to help us too. our band's blessed with lots of helpful and nice people. haha... Michelle and her speed prayer! lol

after that the rest (Pris, Sarah, Stacey, Ade, Joey) went to macs and Joey's house to stay over while i went home to do hw until 3am. it's cos of the many restrictions i'm having. parents don't give me much freedom. ask the band ppl la, they will tell you i'm always the first one to leave and the rest will continue crapping and having fun. i even thought of quitting and let Stacey do all the bassing la...

today
was late for CCA... instructors said there's gonna be a performance this monday, 26 june. damn.. must practice alot harder. i think treblers are doing fine la, just the dynamics and tempo being constant and eveness of the ringing... and then i literally ran off.

can someone exprain to me
why some drummers can drum until their drumsticks fly off (Tim)
why some acoustic guitarists can strum until the pick drop into the hole (Jon)
why some electric guitarists can strum until the wire got problem (Ter)
"nonono, you exprain to me first"
"explain what?"
"exprain why, you say you tell me you dowan turkwa.. *repeats the above questions*"

lol had fun today la.. 3 hours of jamming. i swear Stacey's picking up fast man. good for you! you have a bright future. For All You've Done solos, *applauses*

i've noticed this, please allow me to say (uh it's my blog of course i'm allowed to say)
WE HAVE TO SMILE AND LOOK LIKE WE'RE HAVING FUN WHEN PLAYING AND SINGING. because all our faces look burnt, trust me. looks very serious and sometimes constipated. haha... so, you better smile ah! this is quite basic actually. lol. oh especially Joey leh, sometimes look so serious, dunno whether she's in a bad mood or she's concentrating. then when she's high the speed of whatever song we're playing would be super fast, sabo-ing us can.haha

walked ALOT la. blisters on my foot hurt..
talked alot but i didn't understand anything. still not clear abt the prince and princess thingy..
and Priscilla as usual, went about attempting to pluck out our dead hair -.- i'm scared of her, haha! aiyah Tim has alot la go pull out all his hair.

i went off early and missed alot of fun :( but........
it was sorta worth it because my parents were in a better mood and i brought up the subject of music marathon and bassing when i thought it was safe enough. then my father said that HE WOULD GET ME A BASS GUIT IF I GiVE MY BUNNY AWAY. AMPS INCLUDED! 1st time so nice. nah kidding. cos i've been reluctant to give up my rabbit, over a year already. i guess, bass over bunny?

so i'm sacrificing fun with the rest of the band, so that can have more time to complete the piling homework ASAP. then hopefully can get my bass ASAP too. i can already picture it lying in my room. haha! and maybe Sarah's getting an electric guit? Sarah your teacher's teacher is damn pro and your teacher is also pro which makes you pro. am i right? no la Sarah can learn faaaaasssssssst

BUT (again)...
bassing... for me, can i go far with it? i dont want to just practice at home and jam. and besides, i'm not very good with bass. not willing to waste parents' money leh... i've never seen my dad being so quick in making such a decision before. involving a few hundred bucks. that time already spend so much on my phone and now bass. since i have un-constant curfews and very little freedom, well... this might be something to 'make up' for it?

i've made up my mind.

who wants a 3-year-old male rabbit, grey, local breed? he's friendly. contact me please, i'd rather see it in the arms of someone i know than with the SPCA and risk having it put to sleep.

Lord, is this real? am i dreaming? i thought my parents would never allow me to pick up another instrument and have it IN the house...

more shocked than happy? haha..

a little more about the camp

played the angel and mortal game..
the whole church! as in the whole church playing it, so cool... my mortal was uncle Edwin Ho, camp commandant! hahas.. i gave him 2 cup noodles. and then my angel didn't give me anything. so sad la =((
it was nice to see everyone buying stuff for each other. some bought doughnuts and some weird food lor. haha hilarious pls...

all the meals were fantastic la... buffet, ate and ate and ate.. why still the same weight? my maid was like, "wah why you eat SOOOO much ah". hahaha... eating with Doreen, Wanhui and Kevin (See) and Beatrice was the best ! they were so crappy :D

the third day, thursday
went to the theme park with Charmaine (Seow), Timothy (Ho), Cliffton, Sophia, Jonathan (Soh), Benjamin (Neo), and Yu Min (i forgot how to spell his name! omg. haha)
they make me very high.
only went on three rides. out of the three, 2 went 360 degrees. haha... very fun! the girls screamed like mad.. and then....
IT STARTED RAINING
so we, God's princes and princesses with lots of faith, got together and prayed for the rain to stop. and it did after 5 minutes. so they went into the pool and i sat there to look after all the things. why? because i cant get into the water when i'm menustrating. watched them have fun.
THEN IT RAINED AGAIN, and this time it was 20 times heavier!
the thunder was so scary. lol. we could see alot of church members there... some of the church adults and kids were stuck under the same shelter as us. haha...
played with the sand for very very very long before going back to the hotel room. i hope the rest didn't catch a cold... they were all shivering like crazy..

Yu Min (???) ar... so gentleman (was it an act? lol!) i was carrying everyone's stuff in this bag then he kept taking it away from me.
then Sophia left her watch at the shelter and he ran all the way back to get it for her. under the rain some more lor! wah. haha..

the shopping centre, Sunway Pyramid...
omg that was so big la! BIIIIIIIIGGGG
i only shopped one level lor, with Santi... not enough time to go beyond that.. and there's the long lost A&W! lunched there. root beer float! nice =) hahahahaha
there was a cinema there too... but didn't watch la..

we had games on the second day
i was in the yellow team and we came in fourth. k la not bad already...
i participated in most of them.. haha. good to see all the adults, youths, children and some older folk so enthu about it.
there was this game... three-legged, had to kick the ball under the chair, go to the end and DRINK WATER, then write using our toes. which turned out messy la, lol..

my 8th church camp.. just as fun as the other 7... camp committee did a great job =)

[ok i better run, just received the repetoire from Boon Yeow...]
[aaand... cca ends at 12pm on monday lor! how to rush la... end up cannot go...]

church camp was a blast. damn tired now

the theme's Supernatural Is Natural... and indeed lots of supernatural stuff happened..

i'll just jump straight to certain things

[oh btw, Raphael's dad just called my dad to go over to his house to watch soccer. cool. ]

on the first night, i felt Daddy God speaking to me, it was so real, like it's the first time i heard Him. but, not excatly direct. He spoke through an angel, through a song... the words were sang by that angel to the tune of Spirit Song. Cos you know i was still burdened with all that guilt and some things which could not get off my mind. so the angel sang something like,

"why are you feeling so guilty? I sent my Son to die for you, so that your sins could be forgiven. all that guilt I take away from you... you could have prayed and asked Me for help. yet you chose to approach your friends. I am always here, I'll never forsake you... ... ... my daughter, I love you..."

it was really alot more than that but i can't quite remember because i couldn't stop crying. the love of God was felt so strong and at that moment, i was so soaked in His presence, nothing else mattered. if only i could feel this way everyday la... He spoke to me... not through the bible or any speaker.. i could hear the voice of the angel so sweet and calm.

and then on the 2nd night, they called all those who were really sick (like, cancer) to go forward after the message. and then uncle David, who has been using a cane to support his walking for many years, started to walk! without the aid of the cane! that was so amazing la... the whole congregation was clapping, cheering and giving thanks to God. that was one major thing. there's alot more and i won't be typing it out.

check this out.
damn funny i tell you
can laugh until you lao sai in your pants

in the midst of preparing for sec 4 farewell

to Sunway Lagoon in KL for church camp.
looking forward to a wonderful time with God and the rest of the church...
not forgetting the theme park and shopping! whoo..
back on Friday afternoon/night ;)

(The Time Has Come
just need to 'evenise' the bridge and everything would be more than fine. haha. i found the tab!
All Day
almost there,just a bit more... )

felt a rush of guilt... omg i really hate it..
about things which have passed,things which had made me feel damn guilty,
i'm feeling it now again. argh...
can't be 'sorrier',from the bottom of my heart,really..
some people seem to want to make me remember it. seem.
gosh why this feeling just before church camp la...

saying "hello" to my band. oh and those who made it possible. =)
you guys are the best

what a day

HAPPY 15TH, CLARISSA!
so sorry i forgot until now! really sorry dear... will get you a present =)

right eye was irritating me slightly throughout the day.

that B&J's kingdom... rocks!!!!!!! alot. seriously, was my first time i tried B&J. cos' i'm so poor and i have no money. haha.. it's a great place to hang out and just crap and do nothing =) BUT. oh yeah there's always the BUT... three side effects.

1) your butt will be glued to the seat and you'll be unable to get up. more like reluctant la..
2) a big hole will be seen on your wallet.
3) you'll stop buying ice-cream from the uncle (for PL lites, the uncle outside our school) because it's nothing compared to B&J.


i think we should make it a point to drink milo BLING after we jam. after every session. hahaha.. this is like our trademark? ... what about band name? not some vampire shit please. lol..

remember 1a1, the sec 1 class, Nisa and I took 1/4 of the class for their PC lessons in term 1. now totally lost contact, only see them in school then they will wave. other than that, nothing. i think peer lites should do more than just teaching them for the 1st term. so it's time to find out how they are doing...

AAAAND. 3c2 ar, we should do something for Ms Ang. she's leaving us... she's not that bad actually.. plan some farewell party? i dunno. or make everyone write little notes and put them together and then ask Clare to pass to her.

sec 3 St. John girls...
don't be too affected by the scolding k.. there's bound to be comparisons made here and there, you all know it will come, sooner or later. and this is not the only camp right, just make sure you work harder to plan the next one? i know... y'all already put in alot of effort and what you got back was not praise but scolding. it's over la, move on and learn from mistakes made and make sure you don't repeat them. ok?

CCA at 8.30am later... crap.

[edited, 426pm]

[ Last ] letter of ur FULL name? = e
[ Last ] thing you ate? = wanton mee
[ Last ] thing u drank? = soup
[ Last ] song you listened? = All Day
[ Last ] thing you did? = played guitar
[ Last ] movie you watched? = king kong
[ Last ] TV show you watched? = some lame cartoon
[ Last ] person you have a crush on? = myself
[ Last ] person who sent you a sms? = joey
[ Last ] time you cleaned your room? = woah that's a damn Nong time ago
[ Last ] CD you bought? = Hillsong United's United We Stand
[ Last ] word you said? = yar
[ Last ] time you cried? = during aunty Jenni's funeral
[ Last ] person who you chatted with online? = andrew
[ Last ] person you bit? = uh, no one
[ Last ] website you went? = mxtabs.net . bass tabs :D
[ Last ] time you shopped? = last thursday. in Mahkota...
[ Last ] person you hated? = i love everyone =)
[ Last ] person u thought of? = the Wee Lee guy and his reaction when he sees, ... haha.
[ Last ] time u fell sick? = Nong Nong ago! lols.
[ Last ] person you would to see now? = 3rd floor neighbour
[ Last ] person you would want talk to? = last person. hmm.. 3rd floor neighbour too...
[ Last ] thing you would wanna see on ur result slip? = underlines
[ Last ] no. of ur hp? = 0
[ Last ] survey you did? = something on friendster
[ Last ] words? = God will never leave us nor forsake us.

SECTION 1
^Call me: joyce
^Age: 15 in August
^Height: 160cm
^Hair Color: black
^Eye Color: black too
^Where am i at?: near the window

SECTION 2: HAVE YOU EVER
*Peed in ur pants? : haha Nong time ago
*Fallen off e bed? : no =)
*Fallen for a relative? : omg no
*Plastic surgery? : i wont want to destroy God's creation you know.
*Failed a grade? : elaborate?
*Broke someone's heart? : i hope i haven't
*Had your heart broken? : uh huh. shattered
*Had a dream come true? : partially, not completely...
*Cheated on a test? : duh. haha

SECTION 3: CURRENTLY
+Wearing: handbell shirt
+Eating: gum
+Feeling: physically tired. after guitaring for so long
+Reading: bass tabs
+Located: kovan area
+Chatting with: i'm appearing offline
+Watching: the clock
+Craving: more Ben & Jerry's!
+Should really: put down the guitar and sleep

SECTION 4: DO YOU
-Brush ur teeth? who doesn't la pls...
-Like anyone? i like myself. and my friends..
-Love anyone? Jesus!
-Have any piercings? no
-how many? i said no
-Drive? underaged
-Love God? DUHH
-Ever get off the damn computer? of course la

SECTION 5: FRIENDS
+Who are your best? the regular taggers
+Who is the loudest? Yuhui! loudspeaker..
+who is the shyest? Ling Jia
+Who is the hottest? uhm.........
+Who laughs the most? Yuhui too
+Who have you known the longest? Sara Tang. since P1...
+Do you hang out with the opposite sex? yar
+Do you consider yourself hot? no, i'm friggin' cold
+Do you trust ur friends? depends on how close
+Are you a good friend? that's not for me to answer
+Can you keep a secret? yeah. still keeping that one. and a few others

SECTION 6: LAST PERSON YOU
+Hugged: Hillary
+Talked to on the phone: mother
+Yelled at: Ling Ying... she was running away with my phone again
+Checked out: err hello?
+Fell In love with: myself? haha. 'love' is not the right word
+Tripped: do i look like a mean person?
+Turned down: someone selling flags

SECTION 7: PERSONAL
+What do you want to be when you grow up? - something to do with music. any form of music. or church work...
+What was the worst day of ur life? - can't remember. involved alot of crying and shouting
+What has been the best day of ur life? - the day Jesus came into my life
+What comes first in ur life? - family and friends
+Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend? - THAT kind? no.
+What do you usually think of before u go to bed? - reflect and pray..

SECTION 8: FAVORITE
+Movie: Harry Potter! omg cedric...
+Song: lol alot.
+Band: my band? haha. Hillsong United
+Brand: Ben & Jerry's!
+Relative: dunno leh. haha.
+Sport: floorball
+Ice cream flavor: anything chocolatey =)
+Fruit: strawberries
+Candy: anything but the ginseng type. yucks la.
+Car: dunno. haha..
+Magazine: i stopped reading them due to lack of money
+Day of the week: Saturdays
+Color: green, light blue

SECTION 9: DO YOU
+Like to give hugs? well. maybe...
+Like to walk in the rain? it's fun!
+Prefer black or blue pens? both can? haha blue
+Dress up for halloween? no, i sleep
+Have a job? student lor
+Like to travel? not really
+Sleep on your side, tummy or back? my side
+Want to marry? too early to decide la. lol.
+Have a goldfish? my father has them... in the balcony
+Ever had the falling dream? yeah
+Have stuffed animals? lol yes, esp my favourite green elephant
+Go on vacation? i just came back not long ago

shittified (nothing to do with the tags)

looks like history is repeating itself.
am i going to bottle up all my weariness again?

i thought
and oh, i was so wrong
i'm being kept in the dark

go to Him, all who are weary and burdened
and He will give us rest

rest? ha. ha.

how to rest with all these going on?
"everything's changed
everything is different"
and this time it's worse

more pimples. and it's all because of this.

omg...
i only went away for awhile. and will be going again next week.
now this.
is history going to repeat itself? please, i'm begging, don't. because i don't want to go through another round of this. can i at least enjoy myself in S'pore before going off? at least make my life pleasant?

sometimes i feel like backing out. but it's only that bit left... to stay or not to stay?

anyways. the rest of the group. how? looks like i gotta call all of them and tell them to sing the songs on their own. we cannot practice with the entire group yet, not when we haven't get our songs right. and the chinese songs... too bad i guess. time is running out. once it runs away, we can't catch it back. so use whatever time we have wisely to practice on our own before meeting up to jam, before we can call the whole group together for 'rehearsals'.

i'm a slow learner. better start practicing like mad. personal aim is to play All Day without hiccups. then move on to others.

geography project. how how how how how how???
homework . how how how how how how???
sec 4 farewell . how how how how how how???
revision . how how how how how how???
the one . omg omg omg omg omg omg. . .

short hello

ok i gotta make this fast cos it's my dad's lappie and he's down for breakfast...

firstly, i cut my forefinger last night while eating crab. stupid crab... oh and the seafood here's great. especially the prawns! wah rocks la.. cant wait to get back to S'pore...

secondly...
the jamming peeps.
sorry la! anyway we are abit beond that standard now wad... every band has their worst and that's just one of our worst. we've improved! that's like something we can look back and laugh about, how sucky we were mah. i get some stuff from Malacca for y'all la ok, happy?
TIM! WHY YOU GO AND ANNOUNCE THAT YOU HAVE THE RECORDING??!?!?!?! you were the one who asked me to send secretly somemore lor... see la already kena stoned.. this Sunday worse can. haha..
SARAH! stop spamming ok! lol. tag so many times... i shall go and flood your tagboard one of these days :D
HORSEY! have fun with your 'electronic drums'! too bad we can't do fake jamming together... haha! and you miss seeing my house lighted up and bright right! now it's dark.
PRIS! lol everyone's only more pro like now lor.. just 2 weeks ago we were some shit. haha... and Tim doesn't know Raphael so... yeah. haha. i'm also broke la!

okok.. i think my father's coming up soon. better stop here. shopping rocks!
(Lai Theng: hello!)

goodbye

no, i'm not closing the blog. i'll be off to Malacca tomorrow and back on Saturday. don't miss me hor ;p

about yesterday's jamming...
we were early. so we went into the room like 7 mins before the scheduled time. before the music director came. we were all like rushing through the song la! haha.. damn funny...
"quick quick, later he come then we screw!!!"
"omg i thought i saw 2 heads outside"
"hurry, drummer start! no time already!!"
and we were all scared like shit. in case something goes wrong. lol.. and he was late la. as usual.
honestly right, i think yesterday's was really the best so far. or is it because it sucks at wee lee's? haha. if you compare with all the previous recordings. should have recorded yesterday's one... [i will not betray the rest of the band by making sure the recordings are safe with me and not in the music director's phone]

oh yar... i did something to the memory card. BIG mistake... and then the very first recorded songs cannot open! in fact can't even open the files in the card la... urgh i'm so regretting it. 1GB leh!!! walau. *hits head* at least i still have the second set of songs.

piano teacher said today that i must have more confidence -.-

i think... i know alot of things. about what's happening around here. (thanks, my fellow 'investigator'.) the more i look at the 'evidence', the more obvious it is. like, right under our noses... more than obvious. oh wells...
another thing.. atmosphere is very tense. me, the silent observer has observed... lots of things online. kk i shall not elaborate.

this is something you definitely cannot miss. can laugh your ass off. super cute and yet super true... click on it now! go go!
http://www.syfc.org.sg/events/dvc/cinema.html

(today is 06062006. the omen!)

our words kill

the Tongue

James 3:5-10
Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark. The tongue is also a fire, a world of evil among the parts of teh body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and its itself set on fire by hell. All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With the tongue we praise out Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth comes praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be.

So you see, the tongue is deadly. It can hurt people and pull them down... We say words that built and words that destroy. Positive and negative. Encouragement and discouragement. Yeah you get the idea.

See the line I underlined, it's so true... Out of this same mouth comes praise and cursing. Gossiping/bitching about people. That's like a normal thing, but it's wrong... Saying bad things about others... "who have been made in God's likeness". This just isn't right. It's disgusting, yet true. I mean, God taught us to love everyone... Love, say good things, it's all on the good and bright side. We praise and worship Him together in church, at home, etc. And then when we gather with some friends, the most common thing is to gossip. That person who's being bitched about might not know, but look at the underlined words again. Even a simple statement like "she's such a flirt" can be considered a curse. (Sounds like a Sunday Christian?)

I'm sure everyone remembers quite vividly how they've been discouraged by their friends, parents, .... we can't seem to forget it. It's like glued to us and it affects the way we think about doing something. Failure to do that something, perhaps? "Why are you alllllllllllways like that?", "can't you be faster? do you know you're very slow?"
Likewise we shouldn't say those to our friends or juniors or whoever. Instead, twist it and encourage, not discourage. "You're getting it, just need a little more practice and you'll be fine." See the difference? Who likes to be discouraged la... And of course we have to mean what we say. Don't be sarcastic (that hurts too) or lie.

Whatever goes in, comes out. Read the word of God. It goes in, but does it come out?

Okay, I confess, I've been like that. Sometimes it's really cannot help it. But at least I try. I try not to take part in gossips. I try to encourage people or correct them in a nice way. (note: i TRY) Maybe cos' those workshops on leadership always emphasise on encouraging.

If anyone finds this post insulting, (I pray not,) please tag or something. I will not hesitate to take it down. This post is not meant to point or pick on anyone, seriously. It's like some reflection on Saturday's Youth Service. (speaking of youth, Faith (Ong) said backups sang well! haha yay.. it's all by the grace of God)

here's something from Desmond's blog... haha, interesting...

Words Of Wisdom 4

for this week, i'm gonna talk about LOVE! =D and FRIENDSHIP! lol. both together.

let's talk abt those whom are attached. yes. u hav a gf/bf nw. but what abt ur frens, lets nt juz push them aside n forget their existence. they're the ones whom accompanied u while u're single. so nw when u're attached, u forget abt them? tats nt right! if u think u cant find them becoz u're nw attached. i think tis is juz an excuse, ever heard of time management? USE IT! even if u have to go on dates on weekends, use the friggin' weekdays with ur frens! basically, juz don't forget ur frens lah.

okok, abt those, whom frens r attached. yep. u gotta accept it. ur fren has to "donate" his/her time to other areas. as his/her fren. wad can u do? COMPROMISE! accept the fact that they're attached n can no longer spend more time with u guys. juz because they cant spent as much time with u all doesn't mean they CAN'T hang out with u guys anymore. c'mon lah. wad if the one who is attached is u? how would u feel if ur frens walk out of u when u found love? u song meh? as frens, u should be instead happy for them!

try to achieve a win-win situation. brin ur gf/bf out when u go out with ur pals? tat can be a gd idea too! =)

jammmmmmmmmmmm

bye bye if you think this wouldn't interest you.

Yesterday's jamming
it was fun. fun fun fun.. can't remember much la i only know it was FUN. haha. with drummer (Joey), keyboardist (Priscilla), electric guitarist (Sarah), bassist (me), vocalist (Stacey) and my 3rd floor neighbour (R). He's supposed to help Sarah with her guitar and play along with us.. We finally started on another song. but it's like very not coordinated... lol.. better than nothing la, right? we bargained with the Wee Lee man and extended for another hour, the more expensive room. heavy rain couldn't go anywhere. he gave us a $3 discount. haha.. that one was so much better i tell you. bass there was so different... but Fourtones is still the best. just that go must look pro and play pro-ly.

Yesterday's class gathering
[because "class chalet" sounds weird]
so we were late and we thought Ms Ang was gonna flare up and scream her lungs out at us. we were so wrong. she was in a good mood la... yep so most of the time was just watch TV, talk, eat, talk, eat, watch more TV, and yum seng! some of us went high after the Singapore Idol results. PAUL TWOHILL!! omg he rocks can! who says you can't sing with braces? haha..
Ms Ang told us a piece of sad news. damn saddening pls... and unexpected..
i went home at almost 12am. good choice, cos' those who stayed didn't get much sleep.

This morning, bus stop
i dunno how, but my water bottle cap came off IN the bag. and i didn't know until i felt the back of my skirt. wet. walau i think people thought i had menses la... the whole bottle of water was emptied lor.. tamagotchi spoilt. half the ink on the bass reference smudged, my chinese book got wet, ink on the receipt kena inked on my money... luckily it was a plastic note. oh and my gloves were soaked. like totally.. urgh. got up the bus holding a wet bag. the aunty who sat beside me on the bus kept staring at it lor...

This morning, cca, handbell practice
we completed Waltzing Matilda! the last part of that piece was a killer for the middle treble bells. semiquavers all the way. haha so i guess playing the melody has an advantage? =) so far, we finished 3 songs. still got about 7 more. *faints* for music marathon and some big performance next term. stayed back for the lower sec practice and filled in for the one of the sec 1s. damn easy can! those songs are like the easiest of the easiest. wahaha...

Afternoon, Jamming again
at Wee Lee's. i was late. went in and was pushed to the bass... haha. at first was really wasting time lor. see all their sian faces, like just fought with people and not happy with what kinda shit.. super waste money and time la. some were like unhappy over small things, we can do other songs besides those for the music marathon wad.. expetced, fail. then extended another hour and we did more. more productive.
we combined the 2 songs, as in play and sing it without breaks in between. BUT. the first song's quite CMI, canot make it. here's when we need the music director's help... speaking of him, i think it's time we let him hear and see what we've been doing so far.. can't go on like that la, it's just like, stuck there. and anyway i'm not the bassist for the music marathon so why am i working so hard with the band ah. hello, Clare where are you.

i hate being faced with the same situation, which unfortunately, happens all the time.
MONEYLESS! penniless. no money la... again i don't even have 5 cents in my wallet. it's just some cards and the bass ref and a receipt. all my money's in that drawer in Wee Lee lor.

i recorded some of yesterday's and today's songs. which is really the same thing with lots of mistakes.
Yesterday: 2.6MB, 7 files
Today: 2.5MB, 6 files

if anyone hears those, i bet they'll laugh until the floor shakes.