World's 1st Genetically Modified Quartet

Seen this clip from Damo's blog. 4 peeps playing a 5 stringed electric cello! How cool is that! Though the pitching is a bit off but hey, it's still a great accomplishment.

Hahaha...



And here they playing a medley of... erm... all sorta music. It's like they keep switching radio all the time... From Bach to The Beatles to Michael Jackson to Jaws Theme!

Super cool!



The band is called Stringfever from UK.

Bravo~~~! Bravo~~~!

37 in 1

Hey Peeps, I'm lazy to blog so I'll show you two more video. It's a video of a song composed entirely of 37 Cello parts.

Enjoy!



And for those fans of FF7, you'll sure know this piece.

麻坡的华语

Came across this interesting rap video on Blinkymummy's blog.

Jin Sak Ki...

Aloooooha, Loyang!

Entry of the past few days of my life...

4th March, Sunday

I've reached Pasir Ris MRT Station around 1.30pm to meet up with the rest of the NYPCOians. As usual, most of the people were late. When everyone were present, we decided to walk to Loyang Aloha Resort, as HQ said it's just a 5 minutes walk away.

Right.

It's more like a 25 minutes walk. By the time we saw the signage of the resort. Everyone was grumbling away. I've heard the phrase, '你给我记住' all the way from Downtown East to our destination.


At least these two were quite happy 'bout the journey. Hahaha...

The bangalow we had were situated by the park and the sea. The place is quite big and the scenery is very relaxing. There's 4 bedrooms with a bathroom each, a living and dining room, a kitchen and a balcony with 2 BBQ pits. As night fall, we begin our BBQ. One thing I hate 'bout the it (beside getting all smoked and greased up) is the pit. It's too shallow and we can only get a layer of charcoal on it, so can't really get the pit to be hot enough and cooked fast enough for the demanding crowd. Hahaha...



Didnt' take much photo 'cause I din't bing my camera with me. I can't find the charger! While some of us were busying BBQing, others had already start two tables of mahjong. We got quite some 赌鬼s in our CO... Hahaha...

5th March, Monday

When I return to the chalet, most of the people were still sleeping. As the girls took the bedrooms, the guys have to sleep in the living room, some even slept on the dining table!


We begin to play '食字路口' in the afternoon. I din't get to play as I need to return Sensei Ong's IC to him at his school. Thanks for his help, we're able to get the chalet at a very cheap price. After the game, the rest of the gang return to the chalet and slack around. Not very happening eh?

6th March, Tuesday

We still have one more day, but all the NYPCOians are going home this day. We only knew 'bout the extra day when we checked in on Sunday. So many most of us din't prepare enough clothes. In order not to waste the day, I've called up the EVCO gang for steamboat gathering dinner. Though only Xiu and I did the buying and handling of food, I don't mind doing all. It's been a while since we do this kinda gathering. Consider it a Post Lunar New Year Reunion Dinner. Hahaha...


After we prepared everything on the table, the two of us realised we did not prepare a dinner for 10 pax, we prepare a dinner for 20 pax! So when all the rest came, we have really had to stuff ourselves to the brim. But the food is good, especialy the soup. We called it '金华火腿药材鲍鱼鸡汤'.

Power...

It feels really good to sit around with the old friends (plus some new additions), chit chat and having steamboat together. We should do this more often!

7th March, Wednesday

Woke up around 9am feeling stoned and bloated. Yuan and I were the only people left in the chalet. He still felt full from last night's steamboat dinner. We ate non-stop as Xiu keeps topping up our bowl with food. We checked out around 10am plus. I din't get tot use the facilites in the resorts as I'm always doing something all the time. Yuan said he wanted to held his 21st birthday here. Hope I can get to use the jacuzzi then!

Man...

There's still practice later. My legs are aching...

High-End Gig

Yesterday had been a anxious day for me. Firstly, I need to carry the freaking heavy Gehu to The Art House for a perfomance. Secondly, I'm not well prepared for this show. Man... my arms are very suan now.

As Singapore's first Court House and former Parliament House, The Art House has become a multi-disciplinary arts centre. The place is located behing the Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall.


Our performing venue is at the Chamber Room. This where all the MPs do thier debates here. Very cosy place. The seats are very comfortable too. Hahaha...



At every seats, there's this panel that have a volume and language dial which you can choose Chinese, Malay, Tamil and English. But I din't think it's not working anymore.


Man... It's been a long time since I felt so nervous. There's only 5 of us performing and the distance between us and the audience is very near. Ah Soon didn't even sleep the nite before 'cause he's very stress. The hall is not very big, so it felt that evrybody is very close to everyone. That least my hand didn't tremble... much. Hahaha...

The audience was not very big too, around 30 plus people. The feedback we gotten from the organisers is that they like the performance very much, especially foreigners (later I've learned that thy're some country's ambassador).

We can only 'Am Chio'.

We didn't really deliver our 100% as one of our musician went off half way and we really lack of practice. But I still quite enjoy the whole experience. I haven't been playing cello in small ensemble for 3 to 4 years. It's different from playing in a orchestra as you have to be more focus, alter and know what others are doing.

Yes! It's over! It's all over!!!

Changes in me

While I was cleaning up my drawer, I came acrossed some photos of my old self:


The above photo was taken when I was in primary school. Ah... The age of the innocence... Yup, I was sure nerdy back then. Hey, I still have that specs with me! Then I found another taken during my trip to Melborne with TPCO.

Ya ya... I've grown quite a bit then... I think this was taken when I was in sec 4.

But the most shocking photos are the these taken during one of the X'mas:

OH MY GOSH! Is that me?

Man! What happened to me since then!?!?!?!

Sure I look a bit gay back then, but look how slim I was compared to now! Depressing sia...

That's it. I'm gonna slim down now.

Good Afternoon, Mdm Seah!

Happy Lunar New Year Peeps! Here's some photos I took yesterday while I went to Mdm Seah's (my secondary school form teacher) house for a visit. This is the 1st time we went to her house on time.

While waiting for the bus, I took a picture of the people invovled in this visit. The usual gang, and Wai who 'You Qin Ke Cuan'. Hahaha...

Ah Mui and I. Look at those eye bags. Tsk, tsk...

The 'light' lunch Mdm Seah and her mother prepared for us...

The 'Golden Pig' we gave to Mdm Seah...

The scenery across the HDB flat.

The Dynamic Trio.

The class photo.

Come to think of it, it has been 11 years since our secondary school life.

谢谢老师。。。 老师再见。。。

V. Day Plus One

I had exams for the past 2 days... Yes, exam on V. Day! How pathetic is that? Not that I had anyone to celerbrate with (though I had someone in mind...), but it's still quite depressing to mug when everyone else are dressing up for thier date.

What's more, I can go for the BBQ yesterday 'cause I haven't even finished studying half the book. Missed lotsa fun man...

Well, at least today is not so bad. Today's paper is not as tough as I thought. Should be able to at least pass.

And...

I was able to spend some quality time with GF. Though we were interrupted for a short time, it still not so bad. Ahahaha...

Alright... Too tired liao.

Ciao.

A Tired Week, A Beautiful Sunday

A collage for all my buddies in EVCO. It has been around seven years already eh? Here's to our friendship, 老朋友!

Man... I feel real tired after the performance. I do not have the drive like I used to have anymore... But though we're tired, DK, Xiu and I went to Far East to meet up with the Zheng Bro. Gang for some last minute clothes shopping (we didn't really go shopping. Xiu went to be thier fashion consaultant. DK and I are like her bodyguard. Hahaha...).

When we reached there, I surprised to see lots of familiar faces: around 15 of them! It's like there's gonna have a gang fight lah! Hahaha...

After we're done in Far East, the Zheng Bro. Gang proceed to Hereen while me and Xiu went to Watson to as she needs to buy some stuff. The next thing I knew was I'm looking at pads. 'You should handle these stuff at attachment, right?' Xiu said.

Wah liao... what I always helped patient to put on are adult daipers lah! Where got wings one!?!

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Attachment is over!

It has been a friutful 3 weeks. Ive learned lots of stuff and experience. Some good, many sad. AZ and I come to realised that Life is really fragile. Some came in for major illness, but later ound out that they got other more serious problems... A few patients passed away during our posting to the ward. Some seems fine during the weekdays but over the weekends, thier conditions deteriorates... and they moved on. There's one uncle which is my favoratie patient that I always talked to. He'll always ask me have I eaten.

But by the last week of my attachment, he became like another person. He seldom talks. Most of the time he would be staring at the ceiling. Once, he asked me to bring him down to the ground floor because he thought he had to go cook. He's in the hospital. Why would he need to cook? Other times he would refer himself in third person...

Real sad...

Ok, enough of depressing stuffs. That's all for now. Too lazy to write more.

Hahaha...

Ciao.

Repercussion

Man...

It's damn cold now, plus I'm having morning sinus. Now feels like some drug addict sia...

What a nice way to start a day...

After cleaning so much crap and pee, it has some side effect to my nose. Now even my own pee and poo smells different. Whenever I smells certain perfume, I reminds me of the ward and crap.

Shucks...

Real bad repercussion man...

Last week of attachment. Exams' next week and I've yet to start on revision.

Wish me luck Peeps...

I smell crap

Today's been a 'off-form' day. Maybe it's due to the case study that I have to hand in by today. Fortunately, I'm able to finish it within four hours before I went to work.

The past two weeks went by swiftly. I've gotten use to the ward and the staff there. I also came to realise that most of the staff are a bit 'mad'.

I understand why now.

In order to stay survive in this kinda hectic enviroment, one has to be insane to stay... well, sane. Sounds illogical? I guess I am. Looks like I'm soon becoming one of them....

Hahaha...

I've met two interesting cases during these time. One is a dementia old men, who's on restraint order. He can't walk, but will always tried to climb out of the bed. So we have to restrain him on his bed so that he will not suffer from any injury from fall. When got caught, he will deny what he did and find all sorts of reasons to get outta it. Let's name him 'Act Blur 1' (AB1).

Other is an old man who came in for asthma. He can't control his bowel and bladder at times and had pee and crap on the floor on many occasions. He likes to walk ard the ward, thus crap all over the place. Everyday, we have to change the bed sheet and he's clothes for him at least five times. He too likes to deny what he did. Let's name him 'Act Blur 2'.

AB1 and AB2 soon became good friends. Whenever AB2 been restraint, AB1 will try to untie the restrainer. They well talk during the night, making other patients unable to have a good night's sleep.

Today, AZ and I get the chance to restrain AB2 before we end our shift. When we start, AB1 came to the rescue.

While tying the restrainer...

AB2: (In hokkien) What are you doing?

RX: We're trying to prevent him from falling off the bed and injured himself.

AB2: Oh... But why tied up his hand?

RX: So he won't climb out of the bed. If he fall again, he'll have to stay longer in the hospital. Same goes for you. If you fall and injured, you'll have to stay longer in the hospital. And if you goes around and keep disturbing people, we may also need to put you on restrain. You understand?

AB2: (Trying to be sarcastic) I understand what you're saying. But I dunno what you said are true or not.

RX: (Shurgs) Well, you can try and test us to see if we will restrain you lor...

AB2: (Backing away a bit) .......

AB1: Eh Missy ar... I want to call my wife.

RX: Why you wanna call her?

AB1: I want her know that I'm here.

RX: Oh, I called her just now. She knows that you're here, ok?

AB1: (Fustrated look) .....

Of course, he's just finding excuses to get the restrainer off, so I told a white lie to him. You may think I've been mean to them. I know I must have empathy for them. But sometimes you have to be firm or else they'll climb over you head. Last night after work, AZ and JB told me I've been to soft on the patients. That's why I'm the one who always get the crap (both literally and non-literally) from the patients.

No more 'Mr Nice Guy' for you two, AB1 and 2, until you play nice.

‘老虎不发威，你当我是病猫！’

Headless Chicken

LOST.

That's what I felt during the first two days of my attachment back to SGH. This time round, I've been assigned to a different area. Although it still a C class ward, it's much more hectic than the previous one that I'm in.

I have to re-familiarize with the layout of the place, where are the equipments found, and the different culture and way of things get done. Got once, I had to went around the whole ward just to find, the-and-only, Pulse Oxymeter.

Felt like a headless chicken running around...

Culture Shock~~~

But slowly, I'm adapting to it. Compare to the previous posting, this time round I get more chances to do more procedures. The staff there are friendly and helpful towards the Student Nurses.

Here, we'll encounter many different kinda cases and patients. Cases that involves the Police, cases from IMH, cases from the prison, so on and so forth. There are more cases that need extra care from the nurses. Some are even highly dependant.

One of my lecture group-mate had already performed Last Office on her first day. Don't know should I consider her lucky or damn suay... Of course, it's always a bad thing when someone dies, but for us, Student Nurses, it's not a common thing to encounter. Moreover, we are still Year One Students.

At least I don't see any 'His Majesty'-like patient here (read my 2006 September post to know more about him).

Hahaha...

Well, I'm glad that I've been posted to here. I'm sure I'll gain a lot of experience throughout my three weeks stay at the ward.

Glad that Girl Friend are doing better now. 加油！ 加油！

Fishy Day

Alright! Got a nice new wallet from Topman today. It was given to me by Louis as my be-lated Birthday present. I think he intend to give it to me last Sunday, but I wasn't around, due to my injured knee.

Thanks Lu Yi Si, I like it a lot.

After practice (yes, I go to EVCO for practice almost every Sunday. It's like going to church for me), the Xiu, the Hu Qin Bro and me went to The Manhattan Fish Market at PS to have our dinner.







We were quite surpirsed that Kang offered to treat us the big platter, 'cause he used to be quite calcualtive. Hahaha...Thanks Kang. The food tasted quite similar to Fish and Co. but the portion are a bit smaller. I find the garlic butter rice are too strong for my taste.

After dinner, we went shopping around PS then went our seperate ways.

Tomorrow is the day. Returning to SGH!

Drama

This few days has been a mental rollercostal ride for me. First was the Malay Oral test I've had to take on Monday. I didn't stay until Last Sunday when I finally remember about the test. As the result, I smoked my way through.

Next is Girl Friend's tribulation.

Can't help her much other than lending her my shoulder and let her cry her heart out (in process, got my sleeves drenched with tears and mucus...). I suck at console other poeple, especialy when they're crying in front of me. Luckily Bel was there to talk and comfort her.

Logheaded me...

Until now I'm still find it a bit surprise of the things happened and I'm not sure how to react towards the other...

Disappointing...

But I believe there's more underlying reasons for it to happen. Whether the reasons are justifed for the action is another issue...

Though I may not be the one who are affected, I can somehow understands and feel what Girl Friend's going through. Hai... I guess it's hard, even IMPOSSIBLE to predict what Life will throw at you. ..

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Today is Girl Friend's and my group's turn to do the Bio presentation.

I felt guilty as I'm one of the culprits that talked in the lab, thus pulled Ash's marks down. I got no excuses for my action. And I didn't do well for my own presentation too, as I'm not well prepared enough (I even gave the wrong infomation to the class~~~).

Ash, I'm very sorry...

These few days are NOT my days man...

Girl Friend, take care of yourself eh? You can pull through this. Bel, Hid and I (and my two deltoid muscles) are here for you.

That all for this week, if nothing else happens.

SGH here I come, again!

Return of the Pain

Today in Biology Lecture, I learnt about parasites and how they causes diseases. Such disgusting creatures, they are. Some of them grows in your intestines, some have both the male and female sex organs (transvestite?!?!)


No, you're not looking at some sort of Sotong. They're Roundworms that had burst out of the human intestine. Cool eh?

Hahaha...

Went back to see the Chinese Sensei last this evening. After the acupunture, he flexed and extended my knee.

Oh man... It still hurts like hell...

In the previous visit he inserted a needle into my knee to draw out all the clotted blood. ‘十六号针’ is what I heard him telling his assitant to take. I think is the same size as the 16 gauge cannula that use.

Pain...

Dunno if I'll get addicted to that kinda pain...

Hahaha...

Hope I can fully recover when my attachment starts...

Sinful... But good.

Yesterday had an lunch appointment with Old Friends Gang at Century Square's Sakae. The four of us managed to eat ard 120 bucks worth of food. not a bad record. Hahaha... After lunch, we when to the Hagen Daz that situated at the above level. Here's what we had:



I gotta tell you all: The Chocolate Cookie flavor is damn nice. The fondue is good too. You all should go try it.

S-I-N-F-U-L!!!

Alright! Show's over!

Finally, NYPCO's concert is over. Now I can go MIA from practice for a bit now. Hahaha... The show's been quite successful. Though I still get some of the bassline wrong, I still didn't messed up too badly. Here's some of the photos I took during Friday. Go on Peeps! Snatch them when it's still hot! Hahaha...

Had a Fall Back...

This week's monday has been a pain for me, iterally. I reached school at 8 plus. After my presentation, I went to transport the instruments to the auditorium. While talking to Han on the platform, I took a step backward and immediately felt nothing, then I fell to the stage and landed on my left leg. I was dazed for a few second, then the PAIN slowly sets into my left knee...

ARUGH!!! THE PAIN! THE PAIN~~~!

Damn, I haven't been cursing and swearing so much since I ORD. I caused quite a commotion then and peeps starts to crowd around me as I laid there clucthing my knee. Then malu lah!!! Once I felt I'm okay and the PAIN subsided, I got up on my feet and limped on the stairs. Thats when my knee gave way the sharp pain shot through my leg.

You may think I'm ezaggerating, but the pain is really.... well, pain lah. In the end two of the Freaky Four members (DK, Vic, K and me) had to accompany to CGH to check out my knee. Acually, their main motive is not to help me lah, they wanna slack from practice. Hahaha...

Once we reached CGH, the two got a wheelchair for me. Alright!!! Now I've got a good reason to play with wheelchair! DK and K start to taking picture of me in the wheel chair after I've register. What good friends they are... 兴灾乐祸 (pardon me if it's wrong. long time didn't read or write Chinese liao)。。

But thanks you guys for helping me went I needed help (and Karen too for sponsoring the taxi fare).

Once my mother arrived, she start her routine: Why so careless? Where were you hurt? Haiyo... I told you to be careful right? So on and so forth. Well, she right 'bout me being careless. Luackily it just my knee got injured. At least I can still lay the bass guitar while sitting down. My mother actually commented me on how good I;m in using the wheelchair... I just wanna play with it for a while leh, Ma. Not planning to use it full-time hor...

The doctor that attended to me are very rude to my mother. He's one of those culpirt that give CGH a bad name. Eh! You think you got MBBS big F*** ar? Feels like wanna give him a smack to his head.

After confriming that I got no dislacation or fracture, just ligament problem, my mother took me to a Chinese Sensei. He told me my knee can't me massage as it's just injured. So he sue acupunture on me . He inserted four needles into my knee and apply current to them.


Felt like using the Osim foot reflexo-thingy machine: can feel the muscle twitching. So for the pass few days, I've been limping around my house and school. I may be disabled, but I'm not unabled!

Lunch at Waraku

After a long and tiring sunday practice, My EVCO's Kaki decided to have our lunch at Waraku. It's been a while for my EVCO's Kakis and I have a decent meal together. Really, miss those days where we would go to Sakae to stuff ourselves with sushi and Salmon Sashmi. We went to Sakae so many times that each of us were able to apply the VIP cards (each application need $300 spent dining in within 2 months. Hardcore, we were...!). I still remeber once, I went to ave dinner with Xiu only and we manage to eat until $80 plus. Crazy eh? But now, we've upgraded to a better standard japanese crusine.

Hahaha...

Most of us had the same thing: Gindara Kaninabe Set (Cod Fish Paper Steamboat) and Udon and Pork Cutlet Set. The soup base for the Kaninabe is nice (we had the clear and spicy soup base), but it tends to get saltier as the steamboats continue to boil. The pork cutlet set are quite big, thus Xiu, as usual, can't finish it. So Hung, Sensei Ong, and I need to be the Trashmasters for her.

While having our meal, we did what we all like most: Gossiping. We talked about people in the CO, how they don't like us and we how we don't like them, What are we gonna for our Concert Master's wedding gift, how much cheaper is to dye and perm your hair in Malaysia then in Singapore, when are we having our own little 'quality BBQ', and about how younger generation are being more vocal.

Too vocal.

Many don't have the basic respect for their seniors and elders. Some are worse when they come from rich family. I guess time has changed. Gone are those days where the seniors talk, the juniors listen. Respect are something of the past, outdated.

Of course, not all are the same. Most of my fellow NR0629-eans still have the basic respect. Though some like to disturb me by keep poking me or rub my bald head, but I still can take it...

For now.

After the lunch, the others soon went thier seperate ways, leaving Hung, Sensei Ong, Xiu and me wandering around City Hall. Until dinner time, we went to we went to this food outlet called '新旺', which sells Hong Kong Crusines. Food's quite good, too bad I can't finish my pork cutlet curry rice. According to Sensei Ong, acua Hong Kong curry are thicker and stronger in taste. The one here are a bit too sweet for my liking.

Ok. That's all. Few more hours to my One-Week-Long-Ordeal. Someone SAVE ME~~~!

Last Lunch of the Year, eat, eat, eat!!!

Happy New Year Peeps!!!

So what's so good about the new year?

Dunno, we'll see lor

Hahaha...

The last day of my 2006 was spent at Suntec. I met up with 'Old Frens Gang' in the afternoon to have lunch with Form Teacher and her daughter. Location: Tonkichi. It's located at the basement of Suntec. The food there is very nice. I had the curry with pork chop. I thought the curry was a bit salty, but still within acceptable range. the sashimi is also very fresh too. Service was not bad. But there's a few new staff working, so the a bit blur. Hahaha...

After lunch, we went to watch 'Night at the Museum'. Bought two huge packet of popcorn and a large ice tea for myself.

Eat.

We have tea break at this cafe which is near the koi pond, can't remember the name. After biding farewell to Form Teacher, we have our dinner at the Phil's, which is at Tampines Mall.

Eat again.

And now, while blogging and MSNing with the rest of the Gang on the next makan outing, I'm having a big bowl of 'chin chow' next to my notebook.

Yup, I ate through my New Year Eve...