Summer Life.

Finally, the hextic 6 weeks of MGB(organisational behaviour) and MGI(Human resources management) is over. Saying good bye to Dr. David Whitehead (but not the stuff he taught us), i am kind of glad that we managed to survive the 2 courses with such great project grades!

anyway, i like working with my groups quite alot and the class environment was great with grouping and coordination going along. It is an enjoyable half semester. Let's hope the next half will be slightly more relaxed.

I lived my life since last entry with great experiences.

i lived past miscommunication with emails.

i lived past 2 crazy exams.

i lived with planning for the future.

i lived by being a caffine addict, drinking starbucks, with my books.

i lived choosing tough decisions.

i lived by my motto, "do things to the fullest and leave no regrets."

i'm tired and confused.

night pple!

YuJun

PHOTOS FROM FLIPSIDE

I GOT THE PHOTOS FROM FLIPSIDE!!

Thank you very much to Pui Yee and photography club friends, although a truthful comment form me would be to get more angles while taking the photos, and to give more exposure to others parts of the stage, other than where you can comfortably take photos while polishing the seat out.

Other than that, thank you very much for coming down and taking the photos and supporting the first show, which wasn't our usual standards. Sorry to put up such a lousy performance on the first night.

Here are the photos.

Blogger is giving lots of problems for me posting such fat-sized files. So til next time.

ONg LAi

Life's gooder.

HelloOOOOO!

if you can't see my title for this entry, it's "Life's Gooder". Well, it's getting better than before but then it's still not perfect yet, "who have a perfect life?" you may ask. The question might be too philosophical for me to answer, so just treat it as food for thought.

Dividing my life into sections for easy reading, in sense that after reading the heading and decide to either read on or skip it depending on interest, you are given the right to do that. I am good to you right?? HaHa. just joking. getting serious.

NOW
It's raining at Yishun at this time, 2248hrs. Moderate-strong winds was blowing just now, but it had just down-sized to low-moderate wind which drastically chill the whole flat(apartment) down. It's that kind of weather that creates an atmosphere you wish that you have a cuppa of hot chocolate and play your beloved PSP games, read your favourite book and spend some quiet time alone while listening to the rain. Yea, it's cool but then life isn't a fantasy in reality. I have my sister disrupting my peace with her Sentosa-holiday plans. That does not help a brother doing his schoolwork and trying to finish projects. On top of that, Mom and Dad just reach home and starts asking loads of questions. It's good to talk, but seriously now's not the time. The thing i hate most of these situations is that I cannot talk back and ask them to buzz off. I admit that i am conditioned to reply to their conversation for 2 main reasons; one is that this is the short half an hour i get o talk to them in a day and if i don't talk to them, they might send me off to temples to get 'holy; advice thinking i am nuts. So that sums up the NOW part.

ZingO
As i mentioned before, ZingO is too integrated into my life for me not to blog about it and surprisingly, you can Google my blog by typing in ZingO Drums. LOL to that. Recently, after Death Of A Hero participation, came "FlipSide". Initially, most of us dreaded this performance as the time period for this performance and it's practice is supposedly our REST period. And the requirements are tough. A 30 minute performance of fun and light-hearted performance. WHOA! That was not what we are used to, stepping out of the comfort zone was tough, but luckily there was Death Of A Hero to help with that.

As time and practices went past us in our course of preparation, things went rapidly fast and the first performance was up. ZingO has the limitation in areas of "seeing things as audience". If we are all equipped with it, i doubt we will be drumming, but we have good friends to help with that. Benjamin, Doris and Zenna came and watch our impromptu/last-minute-changed performance on the first night. On a side note, Pui Yee got her photography friends and watch the first show as well. Trying to get the photos from her ASAP, and might post a few up.

The first show can be considered a disaster, "the flow was not oriented", "it was a flat show", "like ACES day" (internal comment), *applause was weak*. You know, all the sign and symptoms of a weak performance started surfacing during the show. As a performer, during the show, I have to act happy rather then be happy. HAIZ. deep depression.

But with comments and advice form Benjamin and Doris, Chun Ann (who have to credited for the script,drumming and choreography and communicating with the Esplanade personnel) rearranged the performance and the next day, the whole performance is different. Not to say that chun ann should be gloating, I'm just crediting not praising. There is a difference between the two. The saying goes "Singaporeans can't be praised or else they will ya-ya-banana."

perhaps after the first performance, due to low morale of a lousy show, everyone had the mental preparation to work hard and suffer more. In other word, the whole performers that day were more focused and extra efforts were imputed to training and performance. I like that; it re-ignited the dying flame of performer, a group and a passion. It felt like our performance at Thomas CC some time ago after seeing a Japanese group performed. Our spirits at that CC were charged up and later, we put up a great show, or so as the audience said.

After the second performance then i truly realise the importance of this state of mind, of being low in moral and wanting to do better. According to Shi Xiong's Terminology, it's call the "suffering" attitude, the willingness to give in more and not be complacent. However, the crux of this attitude is that it is hard to create artificially, easier to let the environment to create it. With the dependence of the environment factors, it reduced the control-bility. What we can do is to remind us constantly the two incident of what happened and not allowing it to re0occur.

The second performance won praises and applause from the audience. my statement to the second show is that "We won back our esteem as ZingO." Done as a group and each individual gave more form what they normally does. maybe that's ZingO. The only two regrets are that we done a bad show on the first day and those who watched the first show may have a bad impression on us, especially pui yee, who even brought her friends. haiz, can't be help. Just hope to get the first performance de photos from her asap. Miss Chee pui Yee, pls try to keep your evenings free for coffee meeting.

SchoolWork
"One minute spent is worth two minutes spent from May 20th to June 29th" that summarize my school life with 2 courses compressed to be finished in half a semester. It is really hectic and i'm taking a break from school work to blog, just in case if you were wondering. Research papers due dates are really coming close and both group de draft one are not out yet (I'm am partially responsible for that), so 4 times the hardwork now. Shall not talk too much to create boredom.

MISC
went to watch "auto auto" on sunday night, before the Human Resources Management mid-term exam. You know those days that you let your irrational-ism get the better side of you? It was what happened during the past weekend and the "auto auto" performance was to tell myself that i had to get back my rational-ism. but it was a enjoyable weekend with fun performance, as a performer as well as a audience. Watching a Car being transformed into a "grand Piano" is absolutely great. the whole show is great, the lights, technical aids, performer's effort, script, props were greatly used. Well, maybe not that great, there's one thing i am picking on and that is the main performer's energy level dropped when his co-performer did a error in smashing the window instead of creating a convertible with 4 windows. That's how i saw it, different people have different views thou.

Alright, this post have been posted in an condensed manner, and i have to get back to research papers.

till next time!!

ONg LAi
"Life's a PERFORMANCE"

That bad

Hello!

Ok, good news people!! i'm not blogging because i am feeling down, emo or sad by life events.

Wahaha, surprising huh? especially to perry, who highlighted to me that my blog sounds all so emo and sad. well, my blog is kinda like me with only my negative feelings written down. Or to say that i dun wanna or dun have the motivation to blog about the happy things about my life. It's like telling people what i want and this form of self-disclosure is kind of threatening. Just thinking people know you well enough to predict your behaviour and how you think is a scary thought, and this form of power, is better left to people who i interact with face to face and in the first and second circles of my social circles (i think i have 5 circles) and not to people who i have never seen before and may use this power to control me. [Definition class-- Power: the ability to exert control over someone to do what he wishes]

But then today, i think i am going to make an exception, thanks to Suh Seung Won and her wonderful mom. Today, technically yesterday, i got a bag of kimchi (for those who don't know what it is, fermented Chinese cabbage, Korean style) from Seung Won!! she brought it to class for me!! it stinks a little but then we ensured that we wrapped it well enough to not bring other Kimchi fans to a state of exhilaration, like i did when i saw her with the Kimchi and smelt it. wahahahah. i had to wrap it up for another reason and that is to keep the kimchi chill until i got home at 1900hrs. when i reached home and tasted it, i was feeling happy in a way that i have not felt for perhaps 1 year, i suppose.

THE POWER OF KIMCHI!!

the taste was superb; the blandness of the Chinese cabbage is being infused with the spiciness and tint of sourness of the Korean seasoning is very well balanced. just the scent/stench of the kimchi was enough to cause arousal and upon tasting, all my taste buds were close to over-reacting. if they could talk, i think i would have been told hurry cook some rice to eat with kimchi. haha, luckily there was still some self control governing my mental processes.

actually kimchi has another meaning to me as well, perhaps that's what accounts for the one year absence of exhilaration in me. but then, i guess, only i know it well and partially regret it well.. but then history can't be altered.

i was telling Yi Fen, that for my birthday, i don't mind receiving Kimchi, at least dun expect me to carry it around (that contradicts with what i told Valentia about my bag being heavy with kimchi but i dun mind because it is kimchi. lol.) haha, people, you know what to do!! i' joking, seriously.

That's the happy part of me. after reading so much, there might be one idea popping in your mind right now-- "wa seh, YJ/ONg LAi is so easy satisfied with Kimchi. superficial guy".I'm not blaming you for coming to that conclusion about me. however, that's why i dun like to blog about the happy stuff about my life, cause people judge easily and jump to conclusions. I don't ask for much (it's a matter of perspective) and sometimes, i'm amused by how little things can make me feel in different ways. like kimchi with exhilaration and drums with serious thinking.

"oh well, isn't is the same for the emo stuff you posted in your blog before?"

hell yea, it is.

the happenings in my life is only partially posted on my blog, and it may not be totally true, what i post and what i experience. It may be the high intensity part of my life that is recorded here, but life's does consist more than just the intensified parts, there's the not-so- and not- intensified part of life to moderate these emotional away.

All i'm trying to express here is to not only depend on my blog to read me, although it maybe a good guide to follow along.

i'm losing coherence here with all these free writing.

ending here. but before that,

-ZingO Performance at Esplanade's Flipside!

-6th and 7th of June 2008 2200hrs @ the PowerHouse (outdoors)

-Flipside is organised by Esplanade, Theatres on the Bays to show case the fun side of the arts.

-ZingO will be experimenting with a fun and light-hearted style of festival drumming.

*magic word appearing*

--fREE aDMISSION--

-pls do come and support if you are free and interested.

YuJun/ONg LAi
"life's a performance"