This town’s for the taking

Congrats to Singapore for winning the Silver medal at the Table Tennis Olympics! Though I’m not that big about the whole foreign talent thing, it’s a medal anyway and like what my dad says JUST GET THE DAMN THING CAN ALREADY.

Ares Night is over; D.ITN played That Was Obviously A Lie & a boyband medley consisting of I Want It That Way, The Call, Same Old Brand New You and World of Our Own, which hopefully brought back many memories and smiles to the audience faces. The sound system wasn’t the most desirable one (wtf, the keyboard got plugged into the hall speakers through a DI Box instead of through an amp like the guitars, so we couldn’t/weren’t supposed to hear Amanda at all) but it was one of our better gigs anyway. Going old-school was something novel, and it worked really well for us, our style and Claire was really happy reliving her primary school days So now we have some sort of direction to push forward in, and that’s really awesome I guess.

On a not so happy note, I lost my shoebag and I think I left my long cable there so now I’m stuck with two short cables only.

Props to Louis and Farhanah who came down to watch

Back to reality for a while, promos are coming up soon, I need to get down to studying. I’ve come up with a plan but it’s not working out that well because I cannot mug at home. Today I arrived at home with the intention of spending my afternoon clearing some Math, but my mummy threw me a fresh set of bedsheets and I changed my sheets and…promptly knocked out for two whole hours after that.

I wish I had the determination of Phelps. I need the determination of Phelps There are so many things I’ve failed to accomplish/achieve this year, and it seriously cannot go on any longer because if not I’m gonna start losing faith in what I love to do, but that’s not supposed to happen. I need to get things done. I need some sort of affirmation, confirmation, that I’m progressing in the right direction. I need to let what I love take flight, and at the same time I need to keep my head below the clouds.

I had my first violin lesson in three weeks yesterday. Amazingly enough, I improved much more than usual. It only struck me yesterday how much I love playing the instrument, and how much I’ve missed it. Absence does make the heart grow fonder, no? I’ve also gone back to playing the piano; Chopin is best expressed on the keys, not on guitar. <3

I am going to do it I need to do it just do it.

Hope may fall

It is a new month: there’s Hwach Ares Night Talentime Finals, MLB’s new album, the long National Day weekend, Singfest, Baybeats, F.I.R Concert, Sodagreen concert and many Important Birthdays.

And there was also my guitar exam but lets not go into that.

Everything is passing too fast too fast where are the rainbows at sunset…what happened to breakfast in the morning?

The past two weeks have been excruciatingly painful. You’ve been like a nagging pain that won’t go away, and you, you’ve allowed me to see the other side of you; that wasn’t a very good decision, was it? Anyhow, you tested my self-control, and I must say I think I did pretty well. Please leave my friends alone, they did you no harm and I don’t see why you shouldn’t return the favour.

Unfocused and uptight about everything, sleepless nights and restless days; distracted and distant; this isn’t the life I want to lead. I want need to be in control, not to the extent of being a control freak but I want to hold on to my own reigns, choose my own path, and not just become another face in the crowd.

Today I watched you and I felt all happy again. 很想你知道吗？

So we’re in for Hwach Ares Night; damn I need to do something about showmanship without looking too stupid.