highlight in my life...

I went to the back of NYGH or where NJC is today. There lies a stretch of restaurants and bars and its a place that I had never been to before. I didn't even know it existed. Simon suggested that we go to this place called "Fish Market" to have fish and chips. It was a rather impromptu arrangement. The previous night we were having supper and the idea just came by.

Its quite a nice area and it feels "ATAS". I am also sure that it isn't very economical to dine at any of the restaurants there. I like the feel of the area, one that gives the feeling of being overseas. So Simon, Minhui, Wendy and myself headed down to have "fish and chips" today. I had expected a meal of probably $10+ since it was fish and chips. How expensive can fish and chips probably be right? We reached the restaurant and there wasn't any available seats for us, so we had to wait half an hour. Meanwhile, we went to an ice-cream parlour and had nice ice-cream at a cosy place. Time was up and we headed back to the restaurant. What was supposed to be "fish and chips" ended up with a cold seafood platter and a hot seafood platter. Simon and Minhui ordered beer to complete the combination. Wendy and I ordered fresh oysters to top it up. Pics of the food below...


The cold seafood platter... Main course for 2 or appetisers for 4... Amazingly fresh and superb!


Hot Seafood Platter... Simply great!

What I thought was a normal and simple dinner turned out to be something spectacular. Looking at the pics just makes me drool... Of course, the meal wasn't $10+ as I expected it to be. It was quite a bomb. Ha... But somehow, we didn't even bother about the cost. Maybe its good to pamper ourselves once in a while. I hope to try the fish and chips some day and to go back to that area for more food! Perhaps when I feel richer...

Suddenly feel like being industrious and disciplined all over again... :) Great dinner we had!

-LeB-

Happiest Person...

I was flipping through the newspaper and I saw this article about the "Happiest Person" in Singapore. This 35-yr-old engineer who was crowned the "Happiest Person" in Singapore. His name is Andy Goh. It was a contest in search of the "Happiest Person". I thought it was rather interesting. Simply because all along, I've felt that happiness can never be gauged. Many of the contestants regarded happiness to the simplicities of life. Counting every blessing. How true it is... That even taking a simple walk in the park, doing something really simple and easy can be seen as happiness. And for Andy Goh, his friends said being around him never fails to cheer them up.

I would like to count my blessings in life. Life kept simple is sometimes the way to true happiness :)

-LeB-

Find Me A Singaporean 2...

What else to blog about except the fact that I am sick and living a "lifeless" life these few days. Its been the bed, medicine, bed, medicine and tv... occasionally the net.

Something interesting was this program called "Find Me A Singaporean 2". Its about Berlinda Lee, the mediacorp actress going to various countries looking for Singaporeans who are living over there. I love this kinda show as its always intriguing how foreigners adapt to another society's culture and its people. And the episode I caught was on a Singaporean guy who went all the way to Argentina in his pursuit for Tango. Yeah... Tango. He's 27 and he went there to chase his passion. Its really cool. Many of us have dreams but we would come to a point in time where we either lose the fire or give up due to surrounding circumstances. To the guy, I take my hat off. And he had to face a lot of difficulties such as student permit, language barrier, loneliness... etc etc Although he's been there for only half a year, it seems he has coped well. He had problems with his student permit because no Singaporean has gone to Argentina to pursue an education. And he took up spanish in order to communicate with the natives. He life just revolved around tango and he wanted to learn from the best and to immerse in the culture.

Dreams and Reality... Do they go hand in hand? Who decides it?

-LeB-

Total Sickness!!!

I have been bed-ridden for the past 48hrs. I simply could not do anything. Horrible feeling.

Thank God I am better now but I've yet to fully recover. My appetite has been pathetic and I feel like a pack of bones. I've taken 8 panadols in a day. I just hope my fever would not come back in the night.

Longing to recover and be healty again...

-LeB-

i surrender...

I have once again fallen sick. It has been a week and yet I have not fully recovered. I guess it is simply because I haven't rested well and enough. I have also not been watching my diet and stuffing myself with "junk". Just a few days ago, I feel kinda "wasted" and all I did was to stuff myself with food and CHOCOLATES in a hope of feeling better. It seems that all of those had backfired. Feeling unwell with cough and bodyache, I continued my adventure with chocolates just a few hours ago. SERVES ME RIGHT huh. One thing is that, the chocolates are really good and Caleb just couldn't resist it. In the end, I suffered and I'm now depending on panadol. Couldn't get a good night's rest... Like AGAIN... woke up at 4am to take panadol and attempted resting till 5am. I kinda hate the feeling of staying in bed and yet not being asleep. I then decided to give up "sleeping" altogether and headed to my piano. 45mins of practice and it felt good... it made me feel better as well :)

Resolution for the next week days is to eat healthily, abstain from fried food, heaty stuff and cold drinks. Time to get well... and not feel "wasted"

-LeB-

running my fingers on those keys...

I was watching a clip of myself playing the keyboard on echomusic's web. And I began missing the feeling of playing on the keyboard/doing performances. Last Sunday I played for Solid Rock and I really did enjoy myself. I've fallen in love with the keyboard at the Solid Rock auditorium... Love the touch of the keys :)

Sadly, I know I'm so inadequate, so "not there". Wanting to improve, but now isn't the right time. And the thought of "how far can I go" comes to my mind. Meilian once said she could see that music is an avenue where I could just hide behind it and be myself. Its really kinda true to a certain extent.

I really do enjoy playing the keyboard/piano. Caleb, pls strive harder...

-LeB-

its school school school...

I was back in school for the last 3 days. Its kinda "amazing" because it felt like I haven't been to school for the longest time. Even my friends were surprised when they saw me in lecture. And it always happens. They would go, "wow... you're actually in school." And my life seems to have changed a little, seems like I'm back to being a student. But in actual fact, I've always been... Just that... Sometimes I don't feel it. Even my friends don't feel it... :(

My exams are really approaching. The first paper in less than a month's time. Maybe a month is still sufficient to prepare for the examinations, but for a student like me who has skipped countless of classes, perpetually late, skips his class tests and does not do a single assignment, a month is a cause of worry. It does not add to my level of comfort when I do not understand much in the last 3 days of Econs revision. Still, the exams will come and somehow, someway, I have to at least pass them.

Whats comforting to know is that at least now, I have more time as the previous "commitments" that I had were called off. I'm sure God knows best. However, there is somekind of imbalance. I wonder what I'm really good at, what I can do, what I should do, what I want to do. Being in school and not understanding the lecturer really gives me a feeling of "lost", and honestly speaking, my mind tends to wonder too much. I no longer need to practice so much on the keyboard, no longer need to transcribe scores, no longer feel the stress in music. I've had more time to watch tv, hog the computer. Yet, ... its different... In any case, these 2 months should be fully dedicated to my studies.

I'm not in school after 3hrs of Econs. Totally drained and Maths lecture is at 7pm later. What I really feel like doing now is going home and play on my piano. However, time is a constraint. Drained from the lecture, I so do not feel like revising, thus the reason why I am blogging. And perhaps rambling away would take away some stress.

Maybe Diya is right... How much can I change? It can't be that I'll be a scholar one day right? Haha... I'll remember this for life man! But still, you never know man... Maybe I'll fall in love TOTALLY with a certain subject and do a PHD.

To Wendy... Maybe you need to be stressed up and find solace in your violin somehow. Like how I am now and wanting to head to my piano. But again, maybe its different cause I'm single and you're happily attached! Stiil, don't give up on your violin!

-LeB-

Invisible Wings 隐形的翅旁 - RazzlePlay 讨闹派

RazzlePlay! 讨闹派! The song you're listening on my blog is by them! The band consists of Siling, Simin, Vincent, Vics and Sean. A local band with original Chinese compositions. Simin a good friend of mine is in the band! Her blog is also linked (Smintz) She rocks with her guitar!!! Last night I was at their gig and their "release" of their single, 隐形的翅旁. Thats the song you're hearing on the blog now. They are really talented and I hope they'll go far... Great compositions and creativity :) Way to go!

Their single is selling at just $5 per copy. I really hope anyone out there who thinks they are good and worth supporting would do so by buying a copy! Pics of their single below... Do support! If you want a copy, just let me know. Lots of effort have been put into the single...



Rock on Razzleplay!

-LeB-

Its back to studies... Full-time studying...

everything is called off... I had that gut feeling as well... might be a waste but in any case, its back to my studies! Back to super hard mugging! 1st class honours!

-LeB-

24 x 7 = ??

168hours. Thats the amount of time all of us have in a week. Its the end on Sunday, start of Monday. My resolution for the week. To utilise my 168hours fully. Many things to be done, lots of balancing to do. May I have the wisdom to manage my time well. I shall see what I've managed to do by the end of the week.

A new week... A new start...

-LeB-

Full-Blown Sickness...

I am officially SICK... or rather, ill I mean. I saw that my last post was on Tuesday and now, its the end of Friday and approaching the weekends. That means, I haven't gotten any better these few days but rather, I've gotten more ill. Been sneezing the WHOLE day, used TONS of tissue paper and the sneezes have seemed to "exploded" my throat.

I hope I'll get well or better after a rest tonight. There are many things awaiting for me to do.

Maybe a good rest is what I need now...

-LeB-

A sickly day...

Woke up this morning with a sore-throat and headache. Probably due to too much fried food and taking chocolates before I went to sleep the night before. I wasn't too sick but it was "affecting me". Only managed to revised a little of Maths... I need to work harder man. I've said these A BILLION times but always do not carry out in my actions. Hope I will really do it.

My younger brother was also at home today. Reason? He was sick as well. Poor boy... And he was running a fever. All he could do was to lay on the bed or sofa watching telly and often going back to sleep. It really doesn't feel good to be sick. He was asking me to feel his forehead a couple of times to "feel his temperature". He also laid on my lap to rest. Hahha... He'll forever be my little boy. It pains me to see him "suffering". His last reading on the thermometer was 38.5 degrees. Thats high! I immediately asked him to talk 2 more tablets of panadol. However, my parents said, "No! He should not... he'll be visiting the doctor soon. If he takes them now, his fever will subside." I was... DUMBFOUNDED and FUMING. Here my poor boy is suffering and they are asking him not to take medicine so that the doctor can "SEE" that he REALLY has a fever. Arggh. I really wonder what they are thinking... Is that how older people think? Thankfully, I managed talk them over to let him take his panadol...

Cherish a healthy body and live healthily!

-LeB-