Devious Concoctions.

Sorry I’m late in updating this but…….

I’m in the Competition Finals!!!! Yay!!!

So, congrats to Je-Pam, The Prelude Girls, and Sara and May Eoon from Music Makers for making it into the finals! We did it girls!!

If you can make it, come watch us at:

Venue : KLPac (go look up the directions on the net. It’s in Sentul and you can get there via the KTM. Not mistaken it’s next to the KTM station.)
Time : 2.30pm

I’m not really sure if there are any charges, but I will update about that soon. Wish us all luck!

Hey!! I just got my results for my entire A levels exam. God, and it was a scary journey from the moment i woke up, to the second i held the result slip in my hands! I won’t go into lengthy details but, here are the few highlights of the day :

I woke up at 7am, and immediately my mind formed a shadowy image…. 3 images to be exact. They were : a U, a C and a D. Other than that, it spells the word, ‘DUC’ and all it’s missing is a ‘K’ letter to form my ol’ nickname… God! What a wake up call! Wondering if it had anything to do with my results then…. (a U grade means ungraded for those un-A levelians… there isn’t a F grade so make a conclusion from there)

Hyperventilated all the way through the car ride to college that i forgot to get the math books to sell, the Circle K stuff to give to Carr Men and the music scale books to photocopy! Argh!! Now I’ve to go back all the way!!

Clutch Hari’s arm till it went numb as he ‘accompanied’ me to the office. (he didn’t have a choice to say no). Serena was there so she got my results for me. Or rather she looked at the results for me instead. I wasn’t sure if I was going to cry or scream then, but i would be making a lot of noise!

Anyway, i got B for physics, C for Econs and B for Math. ‘Nuff said, i am happy for what i got. I wanted to not fail any subs, but enough for me to go to uni. So yes, i got that. And boy, am i thankful! Just realised this is the first major exam in which i didn’t Ace it all. I think the parents will be most unhappy. But for me, I’m glad i can de-clutter my room of A level books and material!!

For the past few weeks, I’ve been doing mostly nothing but playing the piano to get ready for this competition. Pam and I are playing duet piece; George Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’. Look it up ppl, it’s a really cool piece. Okie, though it sounds a lil jazzy at certain parts, this piece is still considered under the category of a classical piece. Well, other than that, the other representatives from Music Makers were Amanda and Suwathi with (yet again) George Gershwin’s ‘The Three Preludes’. This one sounds a tad bluesy. And there’s the Eoon sisters, May and Sara. I can’t remember the name of their piece, but theirs had a lil fusion section with the song ‘Stand by Me’.

Anyway the 1st heat was on 13th Jan. It started off with practice at 9am in the school, then driving off to the Roland Studio in Dataran Prima at 11.30 after my classes. I was driving, and Pam, Amanda, Suwathi and Teacher Pearly were in the car. Throughout the journey we were doing nothing but tease each other. Yea, 5 females in the car and y’all can just say, ‘Female Drivers, go figure.’ Least we all got there without a) getting lost and b) reaching in 1 piece!!

We were there like an hour early, and there were 2 girls practicing their song. So we just sat there. For the heats, there were no judges present. So all they did was to record our playing via a camcorder. Thing is, they record looking downwards on your hands. So i bet it’s pretty easy to spot mistakes. Damn.

Anyway, we all decided to get it over with. Yea, i was feeling pretty nervous as usual. I never had good experiences with duets. I remember my first duet, my partner forgot the notes right in the middle of the song!! So i was left playing for like a good 30 seconds, till i forgot mine and had to start from the beginning. And luckily (or not) he came in right at the end. And the last duet i played was a really really fast one, where both of us didn’t manage to synchronize with each other. Sounded like pitter patter of notes. Ish!!! But luckily i knew Pam for quite a while now, and i can always rely on her if i got lost or something. So there was this connection (or intuition as Pearly would say) between the 2 of us. If one of us got lost, we knew where to slow down so the other could catch up with us.

So anyway we did our song. Pam nailed her solo (yay!) and i got through the hard parts with minor, insignificant mistakes. =P hehe, just kidding. Then Amanda and Suwathi got on with theirs. Amanda had this really tough part at the end, where she has to keep playing non-stop for a whole page. Ouch….. Then May and Sara came in with theirs. I really like their piece, and it had a funny presentation to it when Sara decides to ’suddenly’ change from the main song to ‘Stand by Me’ and poor May has to keep up!

All of us (L-R) Suwathi, Amanda, Me and Pam. (couldn’t get a full picture)

Pam and I

Suwathi and Amanda. (we all wore black and white that day, could have been mistaken for waitresses)

Amanda, Sara and May outside the studio. (Amanda, what are you doing?)

Mind you, this is only the heats. The next round (if we get in) would be the finals where it’s a full blown performance held in KLPac, with tickets sold and everything in March. Gosh, i really hope we all get in! We might have a good chance so far, based on choice of song. Ours was the least Classical and Barouqe sounding piece there. Oh well, only time will tell.

  It has been a while since I last hung out with my Taylorian friends. So luckily i got that chance on Monday, with Hari and Mischel. Twas fun catching up with them. Hari still has another 6 months in A levels since he’s under the Petronas Scholarship; then he’s off to Newcastle. And Mischel is going to leave to Adelaide, which i will be going too! Soon. I think. Anyway, I believe i met Hari on the 2nd day of A Levels, during Math Period. And at that moment i had completely forgotten all my math! I met Mischel the next day, also at Math period. I had a funny look on my face when i heard his name. Mischel is pronounced as Michelle, but with different spelling. Slovakians. Go figure. =P

Well, it’s pretty obvious by now that I AM ABSOLUTELY AFRAID OF HIEGHTS! So imagine the trouble those 2 had to push me onto rides, since, in case most of y’all haven’t notice, MOST OF THE RIDES THERE ARE THRILL RIDES BASED ON HEIGHTS! So we sat the easy ones first. Trouble only came when went on the DNA mixer. Imagine a bartender shaking your cocktail drink. Now imagine yourself in those shakers! That’s DNA mixer for you! God, i was so dizzy and that put me off for the rest of the day. Funny thing was, both of them weren’t dizzy, but they got dizzy on a Merry-go-Round. Yes. I kid you not. We sat on kiddy rides too.

Hari being dizzy

Mischel being er…. smug?

Anyway later we met up with Serena and her gang. They came straight after work.

The whole gang.

Since Mischel is leaving soon, i think there’s another outing to go ice skating. Uh oh, i can’t skate….

Well, all I have to say is : I DON’T HAVE GERMAN MEASLES! Thank God! I was practically paranoid from Wednesday till just now, when I finally went to see the doctor just coz i felt a few bumps on the back of my neck. But luckily, it’s not German measles. Though now I’m actually not really sure what caused the bumps.

ANYWAYS! Christmas is approaching. Okie, i don’t celebrate xmas actually, my family never has. But this year is a tad different. No, that doesn’t imply I’m going to throw a xmas bash k? My mom and my bro have been attending the church, with my bro actually singing in the choir! Bravo for my bro, who really is very timid! This is like a huge step for him! And now this Sunday, the choir is going to be singing for another church! I’m just sad that i can’t attend; I’ll be at the music school. But this year I plan to like have gifts for my friends. (No I’m not telling who they are) But i hope they like the presents! So even though i don’t get a xmas tree or xmas presents, doesn’t matter! I actually think I’m beginning to get this yule-tide spirit everyone is talking about. Or maybe the fact that i didn’t get German measles has overwhelmed me…. Other than that, it’s definitely gonna be quite a December and the end-of-the-year thing!

Yea, guess some of you have heard that I’m not going off to Aussie next year. Bummer, but I’m definitely fighting for the following year! No stopping me from that! So year 2008 is going to be (hopefully) a year full of music, magic and close-bonding with my family and friends. A lot of my friends have already left for the US and the UK and more are going off next year. So really, the next few months count a hell lot! 

I’m loving the people I have in my life now. And what I have. I never want to take anything else for granted again; person or object.

Gosh it’s been ages since i’ve updated this thing! (sweeps dust. *cough cough*). Anyway my A LEVELS ARE OVER! Yes!! Muahahaha! Finally after 1.5 years!! I’m free!!!

Anyway first thing i did after the last paper was worry. Okie okie i’m just kidding. But i did worry! A bit. More than a lil bit. I think. Fine fine fine. I went to watch movie with the gang in 1U since later that night i won’t be able to attend to last supper of PE12. Drat! Stardust was a really nice movie. Then again i’m a sucker for fairytales and make believe. Hehe. Gosh i think i’m missing all of PE12….

Anyway after that was the much-anticipated GENTING MAGIC FEST! I went with the MCG (yukiko, Isaac, Chris, Edmund and Szehowe). But that holiday started the day before, in SUNWAY LAGOON!It’s been ages since i last went to a theme park! Last was when i was 6? Or was it 13. Can’t remember. And i’ll tell you why i try to avoid theme parks! Coz i’m freakin scared of heights! And theme parks are filled with rollar coasters that goes up and comes zooming down at top speed, 360 degrees and stuff!!! But it was okie, all i did was demand that i only sit the mild rides! =P Okie okie just kidding. After the first 3 rides, i got used to it. Yukiko was like my guide, telling me which rides were scary and stuff. Boy that girl has been to Disneyland and theme parks in Japan!!! And they’re like 100 Higher, Faster, Dizzier, Scarier! Szehowe was my teman who sometimes exaggerated the thrill of the ride. Then later we all stayed over at Yukiko’s place. She had a few hours of practicing for her piano exam the following week. Jazz pieces are crazy!

Saturday, 24th Nov. GENTING TRIP! We all had to wake up early coz a few wanted to catch MICHAEL AMMAR’S lecture at 11am. So it was up and at ‘em at 6.30 am. Hehe. But it was worth it going up to genting so early and feeling the cool breeze. Nice to get away from it all; KL, work. Met Simon and Andy in the lobby as they’ve just arrived as well. Haven’t seen them for so long! Since September to be exact. Anyway some went off to catch the lecture, while the rest waited to get rooms. We were lucky to meet some strolling magicians like Derek DelGaudio and John Lovick. Derek was a whiz with cards, quicker than the eye can catch cardist! John Lovick came his his huge set of 5 Linking rings. Both were a pro in this game! We also met Shoot Ogawa! But he had such a huge fan base here that he was performing half a trick 1 second, autographing a card the next and taking pictures the next! Boy did he look beat!

Anyway, we went to watch the Tournament show at 2.30pm. Around 8 international contestants were competition. The show was quite lively, especially the MC! He was talkative and a juggler being at that!! There was a guest act by comedic duo LES ARNOLD and DAZZLE! Dazzle would sometimes steal the show with her saucy dance moves and high kicks, and Arnold would be looking at her impatiently from time to time, only to have Dazzle return to being his assistant in dismay. hehe, the audience gets to vote for who they like at the end of the show. I voted for ARTHUR TRACE, the magician who pulls objects out of an abstract painting!! The whole show was entertaining. JEFF MCBRIDE was there to give support to his fellow magicians!! =D

Later at night there was the CHAMPIONS SHOW in the arena of stars. There was JAMES DIMMARE (his dove manipulations were superb), DAVID AND DANIA (their quick change costume were their forte, watch them on youtube on America’s got Talent and you’ll see what i mean), AYALA AND TANYA(the big illusions, with a kicker ending where Ayala escaped from being sawed and appeared among the audience!), JEFF MCBRIDE!! (mask changing routines and card throwing master), MAGIC WAVE(A duo from Netherlands, like Surfer dude vs Hip Hop dude.) and ED ALONZO (the Misfit of Magic : his brick catch ala cannon blast was hilarious). Our group was prolly the loudest in that section, getting weird stares from around. The guy next to me whispered to his partner : magician groupies! SAy what?

Yea that totally made the whole trip worthwhile. Oh yea, attending MCBRIDE’S lecture was another highlight of the event. That guy is an an energizer bunny! He’s always reminiscing something about his past, jumping aroung, mimicking EUGENE BURGER! I bought one of his effects, thinkering with it now! Then i attended MICHAEL AMMAR last general lecture and got really really GOOD discounts for 2 of hid DVD’s. Ooo lala…..

We all arrived back in KL past 8pm. This would be my first trip with friends, and i wouldn’t have it any other way.

Been ages since i updated but what the heck….

EXAMS ARE SO FREAKIN CLOSE!! That’s all i can think about nowadays. It’s the last, final, the trial and tribulation of A levels. After this i’m practically free!! If only i can concentrate on the task at hand!! I keep thinking about everything else. Arranging music (which i actually have to do for Christmas this year), magic (i’m beginning to like watching flourishing), and worse of it : shopping! I realise shopping is actually a huge stress reliever. Not that i’m a compulsive shopper (my wallet can’t stretch that much) but i like walking around, window shopping with my girls! Sigh……

Only 1.5 months more to go. I can do this. No reason not to.

I’m being absolutely random on my comeback entry, which is supposed to be filled with whatever i’ve been doing for the past 6 months or so…… Sigh

*goes back to doing math and mumbling to herself*

I will be freakin lucky if i don’t go stark raving crazy after this!

I’m wasting time just writing this aren’t i?

I must be getting old….. For the duration of the hols, i’ve been out, returning during the evening and then staying up till 2 am on the net. Only to wake up at 8 am the next day because i’m accustomed to it. I’m so def not a party girl…..

Anyway, i’m returning back to college next week. Where i will be sitting for my A2 shortly…. and receiving my AS results. Lord knows i didn’t do well… (especially for physics) thing is, i tried to care about what i’m learning. But frankly i don’t. And this worries me. The not caring part. If i don’t do well (let’s not go exceedingly well) i’ve not only let down my parents and myself, but their money and my time. Which could be better used for something more fulfilling. My bro tells me not to worry whether i’ve gotten straight A’s or not. The least i did was try my best. Good question. Did i do my best? Or did i really play around? *inhales deeply* who would have thought i would play around with studies? This nerd from Sri Hartamas….. okie a lazy nerd at that….. the next 6 months would be intense studying i suppose.

To tell you the truth
Would mean i was lying all this while
To lie in the dark
Would mean begging for hurt and ache

I never felt complete with you
I never once laugh with you
But all in all
I’m just a silly little girl

Never imagine holding on
Never once thought you were true
Always pictured you like the rest
Contrary, you’ve never cross that path

You blow hot and cold
So much so I fear you
Is it because of what I’ve become
Or is it that we’ll never be one

My mind drives logic and facts
My heart steers emotions
Both of these
Makes me confuse of what you seek

Tell me what you want with me
And is this how you play the game
I need to know
For as sure as my blood still flows

Maybe i won’t get an answer from you
Maybe I’ll never know
But as much as i know
I know part of me still believes
In you

Am currently reading all my friend’s blogs. And I’ve just realized
that this whole blog epidemic started from ariff i think, or was it
mischel…. anyway, what is the point of having a blog anyway? Don’t
get me wrong, i love posting on my blog on my random-ness, waiting for
people who know absolutely nothing about me to read. Nowadays, i guess
it’s also a place to rant, pour our hearts and soul out, story tell,
write hidden msgs between the lines and so on.

Haha, i just read a few random blogs on friendster. It’s laughable
seeing people penning down their innermost thoughts, only to later
write, i hope nobody finds out about this. HAHAHAHAHA. Gosh, if it’s
one huge secret, why blog it? Blog does not equal diary. Diary =
personal blog. Blog = public diary. Weird kan?

I guess most people find it easier to pen down their thoughts,
instead of speaking and talking it out. I never got into the habit of
penning down my thoughts regularly, instead i’m so used to just talking
about it with my mates. I feel it’s better to just unload it off all at
once. Which is why i so cannot live alone. I’ll prolly die an insane
woman.

Here’s a question : If you unload your problems to your friends,
sooner or later you will lose them. True or False? I say half half. No
one likes to listen to a water hose, just regurgitating all your
problems, like they are the only ones who matter. But then again,
that’s what friends are for. They’re there for you in your darkest
hours. I say, it’s great having friends who listen to you when you’re
down, even though it means not getting a word in edgewise for the next
2 hours. I would do the same for mine, i just hope the ones listening
to me don’t think too badly of me. Like judging my every word;
thinking, ‘God she’s pathetic.’ I guess that’s my only fear :  being
judge by other people.

I just realized how lucky i am to have a family who loves me. It’s
weird, it’s like only now I’m thinking about all this family business,
and not taking them for granted. Growing up trend?

I say the word ‘like’ way too many times. Like.