五月天創造演唱會

离演唱会一个月!

暴肥记

真不敢相信， 我竟然在一个星期内暴肥。

想必，一定是上个周末的暴饮暴食 - 薯片，汽水，冰淇淋， 东海岸跑足三十分钟后的大吃大喝（太不因该了，把本来消耗的变本加厉的补回）。本来不怎么样的食欲，突然间加倍了一些。午餐正餐加甜品；下午茶点时间觉得饿，开始馋嘴找零食吃。

起初， 我还以为游泳后一天去快跑， 使得大腿变得更“结实”了， 可是为何发现别的地方也开始“扩大”。

我想，一定是前几个周末在一个友人的婚礼，太多人说我越吃越瘦，害我得意忘形的任吃，狂吃.....才成这地步。

嗨.........现在要积极的小心看准能吃和能消耗的。

The song in your heart on the cresent and stars

This year's NDP song seem to be mired in controversies. Many commented that NDP song should be something that they can sing-a-long, that can rile up people's emotions as it gets played and got sung during the national events..and not some punkish group asking people what they can see.

Maybe that's why people dont like it. ("See..see what? Huh? Got sign that says "No eating" on MRT meh?")

Going by what I read from the forums, I wonder why so many people think we need another Sing-a-long NDP song. We already have many - I dont think anybody can ever forget how to sing "Count on me Singapore" (that is my favourite...my eye will always involuntarily become a bit glisten with that wee bit of tear when I sing it :p) (don't tell me you dont???) or "Stand up for Singapore". But of course, there were a handful that was probably as forgettrable. You think anybody can really remember the lyrics of Kit Chan's “家”?

Or maybe it's been a while since these few iconic songs were composed. It shoud be around the 1980s...gosh..and in between, there wasn't much of a song that can have as much impact and with the ease of tune and lyrics for the mass majority. But then, the 1980s was the era of 新谣, when the songs were more 朴实、down to earth, reflecting leaner times when the majority of the populations are less sophisticated in their lifestyle. It translates to the simplicity and autsterity of the tunes and lyrics of those songs, which of course, make them easy to sing; and in a way, makes these songs uniquely reflecting the Singaporean experience. Just take "小人物的心声".

However now, things are so different from yester years. Singaproeans are so exposed to the vast amount of information from around the world, getting into the latest trends in every aspect of their lives, which includes musical taste. I think if "Stand Up for Singapore" is introduced in today's times, I wonder how many people will give it the thumbsdown.

Anyway, I like this year's NDP song. Of course, I may be biased cos I like Electrico in the first place. But I like the fact that finally NDP is supporting local acts, instead of pop stars who are heavily influenced by Taiwan, Hongkong music scenes. Not that "What Do You See" does not show any Western pop scene influence; personally I thought it sounded a bit like Coldplay without the Brit accent. But I do not think it deserves the bad criticisms thus far, cos other things notwithstanding, it is a nice catchy song.

Maybe this NDP-song word-war can generate more interest in driving up a movement to develop a local musical scene, that can come up with an NDP song that many will like and can sing along, which is then truly Singaporean.

So here goes.


Btw I cant help but this is a cute ditzy-Singaporeans'-idiosyncratic song that I have to share. I love the part on the durian..took me 1 sec to realise what it meant. hahah~

Public Pools in Singapore

I previously commented that public pool is yucky. That was after I been to the Jurong East public pool one Sun afternoon when I decided to finally hit the pool after a long hiatus.

Being a Sun, the competition pool was crowded. But most of the people were there just to dip in the pool. The kind that stood around the edge of the pool, so that when you were heading trying to clear another lap, you had to try to find a spot along the wall that was NOT occupied by another standing-body in order to touch and push off again. And more often that not, that spot was often none existent so you had to just stop swimming, stood up and turn around.

That was not bad enough. Sometimes you had group of men/boys horsing around that side of the pool (which was of course shallow enough for them to stand chest deep); and then you had to try to swim around them, then try to find the afore mentioned spot.

But hey..I have not gotten to the yucky part. How many of you swam with your eyes open? (with goggles of course).

Have you ever had a look at what is at the bottom of the pool?? Or maybe it's better not to look.

And have you ever wonder..that men standing along the side of the wall..when you dipped in the water for so long, wont you have the urge to go toilet? How often do you see people step out of the pool, leave for somewhere (that would be the toilet), then come back into the pool? And how many of them actually use the pool-side showers before jumping into the pool?

Which was why I had really hesistated when I was thinking that I havent clock any swim this week. But I figured, the throngs of people will only hit the pool on Sun, assuming that some may work half-days on saturday, or only during the late afternoon when it gets really hot. So i decided to hit the pool at 11am.

I think my figur-ation was probably quite accurate - the pool less yucky, there are less men hogging the walls. No, there were still..but there were more wall spaces.

Did I mention only about the men at the pool? That's cos there were really like 98% men. There was only 2 other ladies at the pool today, and only 1 the other Sun. This shows how off-putting to the women the public competition pool is with all the men formation, I think.

I prob need to look for another pool..

Le Ballon Rouge

Such nostalgic parisian streets. The simple joy of childhood.



I was trying to remember the last time I last held a ballon (which I cant) - the awe and happiness of having such a beautiful plaything, but as the ballon got deflated, you just accept it as it is, and move on.

Seems like it has become a habit.

The clip is long..but it was worth the wait.

It's time to get my butt moving!

No. 1 Stanchart Half Marathon

Signed up and paid for on Sun. Did my first run in 2 weeks this morning. Counting down to 3 months later.

My goal : to go under 2.30hrs without stopping to walk. That would have better my timing from the one I did last year which I had foolhardily not trained for.

No 2. Swim Test

I have to clock 400m under 10 mins..erm...so that is 8 laps under 10 mins...that means it's 1 lap in 1.15 min. I just calculated that out as I type.

My first instinct is...what?!? I can probably do that on breast stroke provided I hit the pool regularly henceforth. But I want to push myself to really get used to front crawl....

Gulp....

And the other issue I have to contend with...is...the public pools in Singapore are simply too yucky!!!!! That is a story for another blog entry...

Poker Face

Gosh...the song was stuck inside my head since we were at Timbre two Saturdays ago. As a farewell for a colleauge (well, ex-colleauge now), the group of us wanted to go to a place with good food and drinks. We decided on Timbre @ Substation, and we were there on a Saturday, when Goodfellas was playing that night.

It turned out that that (ex) colleaguage was a closet-rocker, which was totally unexpected, given that

(i)during the first week when I was there, he actually instant-message me to tell me that something very minor..when his cubicle was just behind mine (I'm sure I had blogged about it before)
(ii) policy people tend to be a bit on the straight and boring side..no? (oh..maybe that's why he's leaving. Hah~)

How do we know he's a closet rocker? He actually asked if anybody going for the Mr Big concert next month. I was like..Mr Big?? That's so "rock"! And OLD!! To think I was the only one at the table other than him who owned up that I knew who MR Big was :/

Well, befitting the occasion and the subject (the farewell-boy), Goodfellas were churning out great rock songs. Too bad their set started only at 10.30pm, and by 12 mn, we were too drunk / tired to stay for their second set. But anyway, they did a cover of Lady Gaga's Poker Face, which was delivered smooth with a bit of blues, totally different from the original.

Anyway, what's to do after two weeks when the song doesn't leave your head? GO GET THE CD! Which was what I did :D With another 2 CDs thrown in (well..I did wanted to get Taylor Swift a few months ago and I was looking for the longest time for Emi Fujita's album where she did the cover for "Fields of Gold"!)

Anyway I couldn't find a good representation of what I heard at Timbre that night, but I kinda like Daughtry's version. I think I want to go Timbre again on one of the Sat!