Sunday, August 31, 2008

the "click"...

There are answers that I've been wanting to know QUICK... Then I'm reminded of the show "click", starring Adam Sandler and how the moral of the story is that life would be in a mess if we just wanted the outcome and felt that the process of things are troublesome or a burden. How true it is, and definitely, the process of things make life more interesting :)

Its been months and news abt my SIM results are still not out... arrgh! I'm eager to know. Haha... Although it probably does not matter much now.

My classical exam a week ago... Whats the outcome??

Then I was thinking... How is life going to be a year later???? And I am reminded of the song... 明年今日... Haha...

Its not all about the outcome... The process matters!

-LeB-

Sunday, August 24, 2008

My Weekend... Kickstart performance @ Global Sound Cafe and rest Sunday...

Saturday was Echo Music's first performance at Global Sound Cafe. We had our students Jake and Fiona singing together with vocal instructor Ruth and my MAMA, Wendy! Haha... Wendy did a superb job that night :) I asked her to sing 下一个天亮 and she did it under my request, even though she felt the song wasn't very her. Still, she aced that song and everyone loved that song... WendyMAMA, thank you and so proud of you! :) Sing that song more ya? Haha...

A performance at a new cafe and I was privilleged to have my friends come support me :) Jiarong, Jasmine and... Keng Chuan (Did I get the name right?) came down to support me :) Its been a long time since my friends not from the music school came down to see me perform, be it singing or on the keyboard. Sadly, I was sick and couldn't sing much :( I was also pleasantly surprised that someone from church came down to support me! Those from church... start guessing who... Wahaha! Its... ... Jonathan Lee! Yeah man! Thanks Jon, I appreciate it a lot :)

That night, I sang "That's When You Know" by Gareth Gates. Not many people would know the song but its a song thats of certain meaning to me :) 4yrs ago, I sang that song for my JC's talentime and won 2nd in the English Solo category. A small acheivement but it was meaningful... Jiarong and Jasmine were also in that year's talentime and they won 2nd for the Chinese Group cat. with their original composition :) Great times we had back in JC... And it was those times spent performing, composing and music making with Jasmine and Jiarong that sparked off my passion in music. I know we would never forget those times and memories left. I still remember there were times we would be quite "sian" because at times there were many rehearsals and much has to be done rehearsing, or we would try recording our demos but fail to do a good take everytime. And the LT5 grand piano... Ha... Kinda out of tune but we just hung out there and kept singing :) Jasmine and Jiarong, the both of you are my first music buddies man!!! Yeah, if there's a chance, we'll do music again :)

Sunday was sort of a rest day for me cause after many weeks, there's no gig at night. Although I was actually looking forward to watching the performance at White Tangerine. Probably it was a good rest for me especially when I'm sick. 休息是为了走更长的路 ...


From Right to Left [KC, Jasmine, Jiarong and Caleb (JJC)]

Life kept simple is the best... :)

-LeB-

Friday, August 22, 2008

Singapore! Singapore!! Singapore!!!

I just finished watching the live! telecast of the table tennis female singles. Li JiaWei vs. the world's no. 1... Initially, Li was leading with 1 set and subsequently, no. 1 caught up and eventually beat Li 4 to 1 sets... Sad. It was an exciting game! And, both played really well... The scores were very tight. It must have been tough playing at that kind of atmosphere, with so many pairs of eyes on you and so much pressure on you. Pressure to win a medal at the Olympics. What a big event. Still, Singapore winning a silver medal in this yr's Olympics is quite a feat. So proud of Singapore and all its sportsmen. Suddenly, I feel so patriotic. Haha... But I do realise that I feel for Singapore. Proud to be a Singaporean :)

I am always intrigued by how the world is. Many individuals raised in different cultures, settings and countries. Amazing... the world is big... and I hope to explore the world :) Still, Singapore is where home is...

-LeB-

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

My days as a Relief Teacher...

I survived 3 days as a relief teacher. The result of it... I have fallen sick :( Sighz. Down with a really bad cold. It is just the wrong time to fall sick when my piano exam is TOMORROW! I really hope I would still be able to go for it and do well... Flu, flu go away!!!

I probably fell sick because I am so not used to waking up at 5.45am when usually I would sleep at 3am and wake up at 11am. What a drastic change. And for the first 2 days, I only managed 3hrs plus and 5hrs of sleep. I have been taking afternoon naps, usually 2hrs which makes my day really short. Or at least it feels so :( I will need to get used to this. Sleeping at 11pm would ensure me about 7hrs of sleep, but 11pm seems really early :(

Time passes fast in school which is a good thing... BUT... I am losing my voice! 3 days and I'm beginning to feel it. In fact, by the first 2 days, I'm pretty gone. The kids make so much noise that I have to "battle" with them with my LOUDNESS. arggh! I must say... They really can shout! And I wonder what their voice boxes are made of... I still lose out. Today I managed to keep the noise level down without shouting, but that was only for 1 class? For another, literally everyone was shouting... No one was talking... Ha... But I don't hate the kids, in fact, some and quite adorable... the P1s especially. Just that, I don't think I can let them be that noisy.

Some kids seem to like me... Today, a P2 boy even said, "wah! look, the teacher is so handsome. right? he's a handsome teacher" Quite dotz... I didn't know a P2 knows what is handsome or ugly. Wahaha... And I get the usual, "he took my pencil", "no! I'm not your friend"... etc etc It is when they tell me such stuff that I don't really know how to react.

I have also noticed that the younger generation have the NEWEST names of all. Its no longer Matthew, Peter, John... etc. I get names like Clevereno, Antonione, Brennan, Nevin... Names that I never knew existed. Names have evolved man... ...

I pray that I would recover real soon and be back on track!

P.S. call my Mr Tay... Wahaha!

-LeB-

Monday, August 18, 2008

end of "free" mondays...

Its the end of another Sunday but its no longer going to be a "restful" Monday. But!!! I'll not let it be a Monday full of blues... Its 12.47am now and I will need to wake up at 5.45am to prepare to go to school. Ha! Its the back to school days... I wonder what I will be doing at Nanyang Pri tomorrow.

Anyway, I just came back from my PACKED day... Praise the Lord for how things went! :) I enjoyed singing for the charity show at Jurong Point although the sound system could have been much better, but overall, it was good. Thanks to Danick who came down to support... :) After which, all of us headed down to Global Sounds Cafe to prepare for the students' gathering. (Danick I haven't paid the cab fare... Pls claim from me!!!) I did emceeing for the night and I thought it went... well?? Was it?? Haha... Still, I was glad how it turned out to be. Thank God! Thanks to WendyMAMA also. We started off without much rapport but it became better :) I also witness my students playing and it was nice to see them being able to play at a certain standard and to see other students perform. Basically, tonight's gathering was heart-warming to me :) And I felt Danick truely deserved the $100 prize, of which $50 is given to Jake la... Hahha... But he did well too :) Danick... I enjoyed your performance!

Ok, thats all for the updates. This coming week, I'll be performing at Global Sounds cafe on Saturday at 8pm-10pm. Its a cafe at Chinatown... Feel free to come and support! Tata!


A pic at the Charity Show :)

God bless EVERYONE!!!

-LeB-

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Tomorrow's Schedule...

The day kicks off with a church service at 10.45am tomorrow, but I would have to reach church at 10am to practice with the worship band. Following that it should be lunch?? I would need to be at Jurong Point tomorrow by 2.45pm for a charity performance (3pm-4pm). I will be singing 2 songs, namely Piano by 范逸臣 and 路一直都在 by 陈奕迅. After that, I will be off to Global Sounds Cafe to prepare for Echo Music's student's gathering. Much preparation have been done for this event and I certainly hope it goes very uberly duperly well! I'll be emceeing for the night together with my MAMA! Wendy MAMA! My "virgin" attempt. Also, I would be singing 谈心, a song by You Hong Ming and Joi Chua with Zhang Yan. In addition to that, I would be witnessing 3 of my students' performance. The 2 Adelines and Lixian :) Jia you everyone! I could clearly see the effort put in for every performance in this upcoming students' gathering :) So nice! But that made us BUSY BUSY... Also, I'll be accompanying Sky and Fiona on the keyboard with the song 心愿便利贴. Now... who will win the $100 cash price tomorrow... Lets look forward to the results :) Fun!

It certainly is a super packed day tomorrow... Lets enjoy every moment and step up to challenges! Woots~!~! I'll be praying to God and committing everything into His Hands :)

*People usually blog about what has already happened... I am the opposite... I blog about what is going to happen. Wahahah... Weirdo...

-LeB-

T.I.R.E.D...

There seems to be many things to do. And right now I am feeling tired and it feels like I am on the verge of falling sick. I pray that that would not happen :) Rest... I need rest...

-LeB-

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

These days...

These days I almost can't believe the decisions that I make, the things that I push myself to do... In the past I had lots of self-doubts. I guess even now I still do. But with the strength from God, support from friends and determination, I would like to strive for more!

Jia you Lebbylebleb... Wahahhah!

-LeB-

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Bukit Timah Hill~!~!

We really did it! We said we're going to climb the Bukit Timah Hill and we did it... People these days LOVE to procrastinate, but I am glad that we are spontaneous enough to make things happen! :) Just that... I was... 1hr late?? We were supposed to meet at 9am that morning. Minhui called me at 9.20am and I replied, "Hello! Ah?? Ok ok! I am coming down NOW! I'll meet you all at the hill... Sorry sorry!" Once again, so sorry... But Minhui already expected it to happen. Ha... Actually, I would really have been able to wake up on time, if it wasn't because I had a really bad insomia the night before. I slept at 6am :( Sighz... Still, we did it and it was good :) Refreshing and it was great doing things not of the norm :) Lets organise more of such outings!

Minhui half way through the track...


A big Simon with a small bag... Hahha...


At the peak... Sadly, this isn't like the peak in Hong Kong :( WE MADE IT!

Tomorrow would be my first day at work... Yeah... I am going to work. I am going to do relief teaching at Nanyang Primary School. Melanie asked me to look after her younger brother and learn the school song. Haha... I am sure I would do it! I hope I can stay throughout the whole school term, learn something, earn money and adopt good sleeping habits. Going back to school means waking up at 5.45am. Sighz... These days I wake up at random times, sometimes at 10plus or 11am. First day tomorrow and it WILL be a GOOD day. All into the Hands of God! Pray pray pray!

I do not wish to be burnt out also. Life has to be 充实!!!

-LeB-

Sunday, August 10, 2008

It was a public holiday today!!!

09 August '08. Today felt very much like a holiday! A public holiday... It really did. Somehow although I am on school holidays, today felt different, I could feel the holiday mood throughout the day. Splendid! And I was also in a mood for national day because I got engaged in a gig doing local compositions, xinyao and national day songs :) It was a very fun gig! I enjoyed myself! Probably because I enjoyed singing the songs we did :) Fun fun fun! And for the first time, I collaborated with He Fang. Its my honour man... She sings really well :)

Once again, it was a very packed day. Practice at 11am, 2pm-4.30pm gig @ SAM, slacking and chilling out @ Dome (SAM), gathering at diya's place... I was really tired, these few days have been really busy. Chilling out at Dome was good! Good food, nice ambience... It would be nice to go there again. Probably the weather contributed to a holiday-ee mood too...


A pic of our performance at SAM :)


Gathering at Diya's place... Thanks Diya!

Its going to be another packed day tomorrow and a gig at White Tangerine Cafe. I am looking forward to activities yet hope for some rest as well :)

-LeB-

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Further Updates... and items from last week...

Last week was rather fulfilling for me. I met up and caught up with 3 of my old friends. Marie on Wed, Alvin on Thurs and Samuel on Fri. It was really good to hear from them again :) And, I could feel that our bond was still there, even after not seeing each other for some time. Talking to Marie was good... I kinda think alike, maybe because our pursuits are similar. She is currently a fashion design student in the UK. Emm... :) Alvin has by now started school, I hope all goes well for you dude! And I am sure it would! Have fun as a student once again... Sam! It was fantastic to have you come over to my place for a swim and to see the "still the same skinny you"... Haha... Well, just stay the same and stay happy! Lets catch up again :)

I hope I would be able to catch up with my other friends too! *Sun Quan! When are you going to be free??*

Besides meeting up with some old time friends last week. I just realised that I've been suppering almost every night for 4 consecutive nights with Minhui and Simon. Of course, it was great to have Wendy around on Friday! Mama! Join us more often man!

For the past 3 days, I've been listening to the same CD of 巫启贤, listening to the same song. I like unplugged and good voices to go along. Ha... And oldies never fail me. I just suddenly felt like listening to them every night.

*Make the world a better place! :)

-LeB-

Monday, August 4, 2008

a new found goal...

i'm taking steps to achieve my new found goal. focusing on whats needed... target... 4-6hrs of practice time on the piano each day... starting tomorrow!!!

-LeB-

Saturday, August 2, 2008

Feeling Lousy :(

Caleb is feeling lousy right now. Blues... Improvisation... :( Haiz...

-LeB-