Wednesday, December 9, 2009

hey say jump!

Just finished watching "Tantei Gakuen Q" (save ep 6-8), "Scrap Teacher" and "Sensei Wa Erai" this December. That concludes the Hey! Say! JUMP movie portfolio :'(

They're a J-pop group, under Johnny's Entertainment, and they do a few movies and songs. It has eight members but these four acted and they're AWESOME :)

Sunday, December 6, 2009

L9 confirmation

We all headed to the chapel, one after another, anxious, nervous, looking good in white. We were going to depart with different names to serve different missions.

God, I should totally be a horror writer. :)

Anyway, it was actually fun! I was sitting in the centre right row (man, i had to tell that to the teachers a gazillion times) along with Hannah, Henrik, Ian, Isabel and Jeanette. Obviously it was in alphabetical order. At the rehearsal, I was like "Wth, in front?!?" but it was OK.

Mass was alright - the sermon was about the true meaning of Christmas, which is really sweet and useful :) The archbishop was talking about abortions and what not@ Risen Christ, so this was good. While he was talking, I was stoning (a bit) and the photographer went to my row to take the picture! Haizz...

Interesting things that happened along the way:

1. OMG EVERYONE LOOKED GREAT IN WHITE :) I hope the overall photos come out ok.

2. My handphone dropped while we were kneeling -.- All I said was "shit" and "shut up, shut up, shut up" (to the laughing people on my left-.-) but thanks Hannah for putting it in your bag

3. Singing! It was damn soft and not at all heartfelt and blah blah (it was like photography session with half the congregation gone home/for food and the rest standing in front of us taking pictures) but ah well. It's a great song and can listen on youtube anyway :)

4. FOOD :) And presents! Thanks Nicole, Natalie and Desiree, for coming to see me! :D Thanks Kelly, Grace, Cheryl, Ping En, Cherie and Xin Yi for the hugs, random gifts and messages! :D:D You made me feel loved ahahaha XD

Friday, December 4, 2009

vivocity

Lots of love - Rachel, Rui Ying, Natalie, Nicole, Desiree and me(:

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Wall Painting at Holy Spirit

29th November 2009 (day after concert)

Dragged my feet out of bed so that I could paint walls in church. The night before, I was thinking a lot. Like, Man, Did I really spend 1 whole month of holiday on this? Woah. So it was good that I did something different(:

So anyway. There were quite a lot of people there. Apart from the team I saw in the email - Celestine, Sarah H, Cathy, me, Tiffany, Stephanie, Courteney, Ian and Raphael - there were so many other people :) Hannah, Angeline, Natalie, Amanda H, Benita and a couple more. More hands were definitely helpful, and we got the mural done in three to four hours.^^

It is fantastic! You go, Sarah, Celestine and Tiffany! I'll take a picture on Saturday and post it up.
Oh, and I remember this stupid conversation. Haha XD

Courteney: Talk to me, Grace. It's so quiet.
Me: Uh... Do you watch Japanese shows?
Courteney: ...
Me: There's this awesome show, called Tantei Gakuen Q!
Courteney: Really? What's 'tantei' - I know what 'gakuen is'
Me: It's about this happy-go-lucky dude called Kyuu and he's really perceptive and all. He can see through what people can't. There's a girl called Megu and she has photographic memory, and the oldest guy is Kinta and he's like the protector of the group, he knows martial arts. There's the computer geek Kazuma who specialises in analog data - you put info into the computer and they give you the estimated results. Then there's Ryuu...
Stephanie: Hey - is it Detective School Q?
Me: OMG YOU KNOW IT? *screams* Ryuu is so cute! (Note: Because he is. Not that I'm fangirl-ing or anything. At this point I think everyone was staring at me. In church, I'm not crazy Grace Adam, I'm quiet Grace Adam. But being with IJ friends sort of made me forget about it.)
Stephanie: Yeah! What episode are you at? I stopped at episode 30. Did you watch Absolute Boyfriends?
Hannah: I used to watch it - I read that one.
Me: No, I just started yesterday. Did you watch the live-action special?
Hannah: Yeah, I watched that.
Me: They looked so different!
Courteney (interrupts): Hey Grace, you said you watched it yesterday...
Me: Yeah, I'm at episode two.

=.=' Should NOT have said that.

Everyone: *LAUGHTER*

Well. Glad to know I made someone's day.

Celestine: Then you're talking as if...

As if I knew the whole thing? I'm pretty much like that. Wikipedia is good - it tells me the overall plotline and if I like it, I plunge in headfirst and watch it :) Haha.

It was a nice afternoon.

Monday, November 30, 2009

Faith, Hope & Love III Concert

Ok, let's first clear up confusion on the concert's name. On SYF years, we have SYF at the beginning of the year, and an EOY concert called Faith, Hope & Love. This is our third year(: On non-SYF years, we have Fantasia (Pt. __) and an international (or local) competition. Haha. Ok.

I think that considering we've only started intensively working as a band during band camp, which was last week only, and a two hour practice at the venue (which is an awesome place, but the acoustics were terrible to adapt to), we did quite well. Just three weeks ago, we sounded awful (PO-AWN-YO, PO-AWN-YO instead of ponyo, ponyo).

I think we've successfully reduced its awfulness in the concert. Though it wasn't concert material, it wasn't trash material. There was no standing ovation, but there was no throwing tomatoes. We improved too. I never reached high G before, but thanks to Eagle Bend, I have. High E flat (which I wanted to die in Die Fledermaus) is laughable now. You know? :)

There were many hiccoughs along the way, and I think we're going to be scolded many more times in the future, but I believe we will keep improving and learn from our mistakes. I know I didn't practice as much ><>really sorry. Though I am not going for Sydney, it doesn't mean I'm not going to practice. It means I'm going to work double hard so as not to fall behind.

Apart from learning from our mistakes, I think I've learnt patience too. God, I thought I was an understanding and patient person until I started teaching. =.=' I push and push like there's no limit, and when I find there is... What happened to the sky was the limit? But I think I know better now. So. Plus point. :)

Concert was nice. Just learn from your mistakes and move on as a stronger person. Remember the good times - the chocolates, the playground, the ecstacy of a nice part of a song - and remember the bad times - your frustration when you cannot hear other parts, when you find you're behind others in tempo, your conductor's disappointed face. Learn from it. Move on.

Yeah... concert was nice. Being a senior is a crazy experience I don't really want to try again until I'm actually ready for it.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Tantei Gakuen Q

http://adc-distro.com/v8/drama/tantei-gakuen-q/

Friday, November 27, 2009

hari raya haji

Selamat Hari Raya Haji Nia, Hanisah, Qistina, Atiqah, Shazwana, Illya, Nikki, Cikguz and
all my Malay friends :)

PSLE Results Day yesterday. 290 was the highest score from a Chinese girl in a neighbourhood school. Congratulations, Jeremy, on your high score^^ It's pretty decent, it'll get you to a lot of places.

Yesterday also reminded me never, ever to show my parents my 'O' level results. Ever.