Carmen opera production...

My only experience on performing in an opera production was the "Carmen" opera, performed in the end of year 2004....(which is my STPM year and also, I din miss pessoc's music camp performance....busy like crazy.)

The staging and the acting is a great fun besides the singing part. Each singer got a set of unique costume which is different from other singers.

Pre Dressing

We had our very early dinner before performance....and you can see, I have done hair and part of make-up. The guy in the middle, done everything...and the last guy, done nothing....hahaha...

Act 1

I am the spanish factory girl... it is the nicest factory costume I ever seen. Actually, I should go on stage bare footed, but I forgot to take off my shoes when taking this photo.Look at my hair style. Does it suits me?

In the first act, I also play another character besides factory girl. I act as a passer-by during the guys' opening chorus. You know what kinda passer-by I was?
Tadaaa.....the muslim nun and a catholic nun.....say cheese! So we come in opposite direction, knock each other, then run away....that's all. So, inside my nun costume is my factory girl costume.

Act 2 & 3

ok, in 2nd and 3rd act, we act as gypsy smugglers.....wakakakakaz.... the blue scarf is actually wear like a malay tudung before I get on stage.....it is very nice going with my costume. My "boyfriend" in the first act actually... When i took this picture I din bring along my scarf....so I pinjam orang lain punya...haha... why must have a scarf? It is a bit too sexy.

Act 4

The spanish couple in the act 4, acting like we are going in for a bull-fighting show. Picture taken after the show la of course.

Toreador and la donna.... looks nice leh? :-)

Famous Roti Boy...

Roti Boy is so famous and so delicious that I went all the way to KLCC just to buy a pair!

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Pyjamas Roomie...

Ah....only left one month of staying together with Jing Jing in KL. There was one night that we suddenly wanna take photos on ourselves wearing our "cutest" pyjamas. So, here goes...Actually, it is my "genius" idea that we take a photo acting like we are kissing each other, because we are good good roomie....he he.....but, I fail to do that, laughing like mad, and then the camera snapped (using timer)...

So....a kiss that failed...

2nd Day of CNY...

Aaahhhh......got to work at daddy's coffee shop this morning... ah, no, dun wanna wake up!!

And so, I drag myself to the coffee shop, my job there is to be the cashier, sit at the counter. Jobs including: give changes to waiters, sell cigarettes, and receive customers' complaints.

So, today, the most complaints I get is: Eh xiao mei (same like 'ah moi'), no place to sit d ah? / Got some more baby chair or not? (because a lot of families bring along babies.)

Not difficult to imagine, the shop is full of customers, we say "people mountain people sea":

Sorry for blur photos, because I curi-curi use handphone to take one....scared kena belasah... So, those who cannot find places to sit and got to stand waiting are the "people mountain" and those who are in their seats are the "people sea".....we have some red mountains there...

Furthermore, there are mountains at our most famous stall--Hai Nam Chicken Rice, famous in SP, if I wanna tell people where is our shop, just say "the one most famous of chicken rice one" then people will know.

So many tapao-ers...each person represent each family to come ta pao for the whole family one ar....cheh, never order drinks one if come ta pao....shoo shoo.....

Because of good business in the morning....my skill on giving changes must be FAST....means VIVACE! Got to handle 3-4 very fast waiters at once... so, I come out with some ingenius ideas:

Put a few coins at the desk, 50 cents, 20 cents and 10 cents...this is to let the waiters to get change without even telling me and wait for me to open the drawer and take money... so this is for very small change la... this is easy, just keep on filling the coins on the desk and take those RM1 notes from the waiters...
And then, see I folded those RM1 notes? so from the left most is: 2 notes folded, then 3 notes folded, 4 notes folded and another 4 notes folded. So, when I give changes, I just take the folded ones and I know how many RM1 notes I am taking at once....no need to take one by one some more need to count again see I got take extra or not.... this is the vivace idea no. 2...
Some idea, folded RM10 notes, 4 notes in one stack.....you know oh, when new year time, people got a lot of RM50 notes....drink 90 cents also pay with RM50. So I got to prepare this 4 in 1 RM 10 for this kinda changes... When the RM10 notes finish, I got to break the RM50 into 5 RM10 from the back-up changes....this morning, I break up money from the back-ups no less than 20 times I think.

Combining all the ideas of vivace changing skills: for instant, if a waiter come to me, holding RM 50 note, and say "one eighty (in mandrin)", I will take one stack of 4 RM10, then take one RM5, and one stack of 3 RM1...by the time, the waiter already took the 20 cents coins from the desk. And so, we get the right changes in less than 10 seconds...or 5 seconds...dun know.

After the peak hours....around noon, we have mass of...."black sea":

The whole shop full or indians....is not that I am racist or what, indian kids can really make the place messy...later they pour over drinks....or make until the whole plate of rice onto the floor....etc....the idea is, mostly, when they leave the places....it is so messy, a few waiters said to me: like after dog eating...... swt

So, after a tiring morning and afternoon....

Wah.....banyak RM50....papa, bagi dua keping boleh?

1st Day of CNY!

1st Day, is nothing much.....gets a lot of ang pao....the best thing is....no need to go work in the shop! HAHAHAHAHA....... Every year I got to go help out in the shop during CNY as well.... surprised that this year, it rest for a day!

So, I stayed at my grandma's place during the eve. Talking to grandma until midnight.... She is started to get concern about my "boyfriend"....hahaha....opps, old d.... elder relatives starts to concern about this issue.....help!!..... we talked and talked, until I cannot stand anymore and fall asleep...

Next day, my grandma help me took a picture of me just woke up, puffy eyes....I was planned to put up, but errr, too sexy, better not....haha

So we got up, get ang pao, eat, watch TV....relax....later after lunch, relatives are coming d!

One of my favourite cousin.....he grow taller than I would have expected!

Very timid and shy boy..... ask him let me take photo also he always shying out.....haha, very cute and a good boy.

See my lil cousin sister some more bully him. Poor darling she has got down syndrome, but she is good at immitating stuff....I guess this one, she maybe immitating some magic show or what....have a guess...

hahaha....we all watch her show..... then, proceed to the outside of the house....

Little "monsters" are making a great deal of noise ouside... they play chasing and I saw one climbing over the fence and try to get over to neighbour's house.... Terrified that he climbed so tall....I ask him to come back down immediately....he some more dare to answer back! SO WORRY that he may fall by accident (he is the youngest and the smallest)....I go and grab hold of him and hug him down (by force of course), and then, we end up having a good "fight"....he made full use of his teeth.... the result....he kena marah......wahahahahhaha!!!

In the late afternoon, we all went over to another relative's place.... and I saw a baby cousin brother soooooooooooooooooo cute! The last time I saw him, he was only 2 days old.... The baby boy and his sisters.....little darlings! The baby still dripping saliva....can see?

Ahhhh.....finally! I get to hold the baby.....he got so excited all the time....I had great difficulties to hold him still for the photo shoot.... after a few try....this is the best I can give....others, you can only see I am holding a "blur"....

And then, one minute later....start crying because tired and wanna sleep d.....ahhh.....one minute earlier still so active, another minute....he wanna get his nap d..... pandai betul...

So, at night, again, eat and watch TV, nothing interesting again....

And so, my 1st day of CNY 2008..

CNY Eve!

The CNY Eve is the most enjoyable day for me. All the family members gathered and busy with the steamboat. Children making all sort of noise playing and adults chit chatting. Seeing this is enough to make me so content. It is always the happiest moment during every CNY.


Yummy steamboat!


Can't wait to start the feast!
See so many small bowls? 
They are all different kind of sauce and chili....Yummy!


Sparkling juice....my fav.


One of my fav dish--The Soysauce Chicken. Very black eh?


Daddy and mommy....and Ah-mah at the back...hehehe


Younger uncle and wife....the elder uncle, sitting beside me, can't candid...haha


After meal...playing balloons with my two naughty cousins....I puffle both the balloons one ah!


Cute little one...


And finally, not-so-cute big one...

Journey back for CNY!

It is Thursday night, 31st Jan. It is our exciting moment and our big day to GO HOME. Right, itchy? We all students were counting down to the day when we can go back to hometown especially for the biggest event for us chinese.

Jing Jing and I were meeting the younger sister of our ex-schoolmate(Shu Jin). We 3 were going back by train together. She reached KL Sentral super early, about 6pm?? Jing Jing and I went out from KL house only at 6.30pm or later....hehe....we were not being late, the train depart at 8.45pm ok? So we had a very long dinner there, Jing Jing and I recalling the first time we take the train ourselves. Mine is considered adventurous. Especially the one when itchy fetch me to KL Sentral, we were late because of bad traffic, and I miss the train. That one is the climax of the tension.

So, we "lucky draw" the train tickets at Sentral. I've got one that is opposite to both of them. It is a good seat, because I can see both, and they can only see me! Wahahahahaha! By the way, the light for Shu Jin and mine is broken. So we are in a shade, better to sleep!

We were busy sms when we get on board...

See they two so cute, like mirror image. "Day time" and "Night time"? And to follow the trend of taking photo when sms-ing, this is mine, pura-pura sms using Jing Jing's phone. (While Jing Jing take this picture using my phone)

Everybody look so happy and excited...isn't that obvious ?

Poor Jing Jing...

After the first guitar class Jing Jing took as her co-curriculum.....

She came back and practise...so hardworking... see how she practise...

Ouch! The fingers are hurting like crazy.....

See the music scores that she wrote for today's lesson...

See, all staves got 6 lines instead of 5! This is to note down which string to press in guitar.

Very HUGE drawing of semibreve!!

What is that rest? on the 4th line??

So, today is one day of Jing Jing's history on "First day of guitar lesson"....

Music Camp 2007...

So late only wanna post about music camp 2007.... pai seh pai seh....

Didn't take a lot of photos during camp, mostly at Itchy's blog....so, this camp is the camp where we have most number of clarinetists of all time (since year 1998 I think)....plus the tutor, we have got 6!

From left: Jimmy, Kai Di, Ahmad Shah(tutor :p), Jason, me and Jeremy....

Dunno what makes jeremy and I smile that broad, wahahahha....so, presenting the clarinet team music camp 2007, the end.

Instant Noodles' Culture...

After I came studying in UM, instant noodles became one of my main food supply....malas people malas to think what else to cook....and I believe most of the uni students are also like that...so we can actually join into "Instant Noodles Fan Club" d....

So, here is my dinner last night....



noodles+egg+a lot of cabbage

And this is my brunch for today....



noodles+crab balls+much much more cabbage!

So, I am so sick of noodles d, tonight when i went dinner with Chen Seng and Jeremy....NO MORE NOODLES or SPEGETTI....hahahha...

Why I put so much cabbage???? It is because I bought too many...trying my best to finish it as fast as possible...

Dinner....

Suddenly very "eng" to go cook myself dinner....mood very good (because throw thesis aside, dun wanna think about it) hahaha......after korek my fridge to see the food stock I have got, I come out with something very weird combination....let's witness it....wahahahhaha....



4 crab sticks(centre) + chicken meat ball(top) + mashed potatos(left) + sweet corn(right)

Keng leh? dun know what to call this dish also....wahhahaha...anyway, it taste NICE! hoho...

Men are hard to pleased...

I saw a very funny poem that my room mate forwarded to me and it it damn true, let's read it...

THE PROBLEMS WITH GUYS:

If you treat him nicely, he says you are IN LOVE with him.
If you don't, he says you are PROUD.

If you dress nicely, he says you are trying to LURE him.
If you don't, he says you are from KAMPUNG.

If you argue with him, he says you are STUBBORN.
If you keep quiet, he says you are BORING.

If you are smarter than him, he will LOSE FACE.
If he is smarter than you, he is GREAT.

If you don't love him, he tries to POSSESS you.
If you love him, he tries to LEAVE you. (apa ni?)

If you don't make love with him, he says you DON'T LOVE him.
If you do, he says you are CHEAP.

If you tell him your problems, he says you are TROUBLESOME.
If you don't, he says that you don't TRUST him.

If you scold him, you are like a NANNY to him.
If he scolds you, it is because he CARES for you.

If you break your promise, you cannot be TRUSTED.
If he breaks his, he is FORCED to do so.

If you smoke, you are a BAD GIRL.
If he smokes, he is a GENTLEMAN.

If you do well in exams, he says it's LUCK.
If he does well, it's BRAIN.

If you hurt him, you are CRUEL.
If he hurts you, you are just too SENSITIVE.

University Results 2005-2007

So long time never get to go online....so, after I am back to KL, then I finally get to check my results... to prevent myself from forgeting my previous semesters' result... let's make a review:

Semester 1, 2005/2006: (July-Nov 2005)

Kursus Kemahiran Maklumat       S     1kredit     -             
TITAS  I                               C+     2.3 x 2kredit=4.6
Aural & Musicianship I                  A       4 x 2kredit=8
Budaya Muzik Dunia                     A-      3.7 x 3kredit=11.1
Pengajian Utama I (vocal)             A       4 x 3kredit=12
Ensemble I (choir+percussion)     A       4 x 1kredit=4
 Teori Muzik & Gubahan I             A-      3.7 x 2kredit=7.4

Total                                                  14kredit  47.1

          47.1/13kredit= 3.62 GPA
          47.1/13kredit= 3.62 CGPA

Semester 2, 2005/2006: (Jan-May 2006)

TITAS II                            A-       3.7 x 2kredit=7.4
Pengantar Etnomuzikologi           A-       3.7 x 3kredit=11.1
Sejarah Muzik Barat                      B        3 x 3kredit=9
Pengajian Utama II (vocal)          A-       3.7 x 3kredit=11.1
Ensemble II(choir+percussion)   A        4 x 1kredit=4
Teori Muzik & Gubahan II           A        4 x 2kredit=8
Aural & Musicianship II                A        4 x 2kredit=8

Total                                                     16kredit   58.6     
           58.6/16kredit=3.66 GPA
           (58.6+47.1)/(16+13)kredit=3.64 CGPA

Semester 1, 2006/2007: (July-Nov 2006)

Sejarah Muzik M'sia-Nusantara   A-         3.7 x 3kredit=11.1
Muzik Komputer I                A          4 x 3kredit=12
Pengajian Utama III(clarinet)       B+        3.3 x 3kredit=9.9
Ensemble III(choir+percussion)   A          4 x 1kredit=4
Teori Muzik & Gubahan III          B-         2.7  x 2kredit=5.4
Labanotasi I                      A          4 x 3kredit=12
Pedagogi & Repertoir Piano           B+        3.3  x 3kredit=9.9
Metodologi Penyelidikan Seni       A           4 x 3kredit=12
Persembahan       

Total                                      21kredit    76.3
          76.3/21kredit=3.63 GPA
         (76.3+105.7)/(21+29)kredit=3.64 CGPA

Semester 2, 2006/2007: (Jan-May 2007)

Karya & Gubahan I                  A-          3.7 x 3kredit=11.1
Ensemble IV(choir+percussion)      A           4 x 1kredit=4
Teori Muzik & Gubahan IV             B           3 x 2kredit=6
Labanotasi II                        A           4 x 3kredit=12
Pengajian Utama IV(clarinet)         B+         3.3 x 3kredit=9.9
Pedidikan Muzik Sekolah Rendah  A           4 x 3kredit=12
 dan Menengah             
Teori Seni Persembahan                 A-         3.7 x 3kredit=11.1
Bahasa Itali I                        A           4 x 3kredit=12

Total                                                  21kredit   78.1
           78.1/21kredit=3.72 GPA
           (78.1+182)/(21+50)kredit=3.66 CGPA

Semester 1, 2007/2008: (July-Nov 2007)

Asas Seni Halus                     S              2kredit   -
Pengurusan Dalam Kesenian   A             4 x 3kredit=12
Ensemble V(choir)                 A             4 x 1kredit=4
Pengajian Utama V(clarinet)   A-          3.7 x 3kredit=11.1
Muzik Komputer II                A            4 x 3kredit=12
Projek Ilmiah Tahun Akhir     P              3kredit   -
Bahasa Jerman I                     A             4 x 3kredit=12
Bahasa Perancis I                   A             4 x 3kredit=12

Total                                             21kredit    63.1
          63.1/16kredit=3.94 GPA
          (63.1+260.1)/(16+71)kredit=3.71 CGPA