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The name is Gary. I'm a person who likes to be who I am. A 16 year old who just graduated from Montfort Secondary School. I'm now in Ngee Ann Poly studying Mass Communication. My interests? Making music, watching dramas, blogging, shopping, and the occasional reading.

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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Largo

Time to blog.


24 Dec, Wed

Christmas Eve. Had dinner with my family at Ju Shin Jung Korean Charcoal BBQ @ ECP. The room we were brought to was really big. The food there was great, though the portions of meat were quite small for the price. Apparently Koreans eat a lot of vegetables, cause there were plenty on the table. The flat metal chopsticks also needed some adjusting to, as they were pretty heavy. There was also a tray containing what seemed to be mints. It was actually wet towels which were dehydrated, so we had to pour water on it before it could be expanded. Anyway, its a nice place if you like Korean food.





25 Dec, Thurs

Christmas day! Went out with Angeline to VivoCity for a movie. She was 30 minutes late, so I went to get the tickets first, lol. Being christmas, naturally there was a lot of people there, so I queued for a long time. Got tickets to Yes Man. It was the front row seats, but the distance from the screen wasn't too small, so it was okay. Since we had some time before the movie, we walked around first. I wanted to shop, but of course I can't have people waiting for me right? Hahaha. Went to the arcade, played some games. Then walked around the Sky Garden and talked for awhile.

The movie was funny, as expected. Its a very good movie. Went back to Hougang by train. Good thing her house was on the same route as Melvins, lol. Went on to Melvin's place for his little christmas gathering. Daren, Shawn, Gerald, Louis, Gregory, and Kenneth was already there. Jing Rui came later. Ate PH/KFC, played PS2, and some cards. And Louis got drunk, lol.


L-R: Greg, JR, Gerald, KO, Shawn, Melvin, Louis


Random picture


Drunk playing keyboard


LOL


26 Dec, Friday

Boxing Day. Christmas celebration at Mr. Ng's place this time. Went out in the morning to the NTUC next to Buangkok MRT to buy nuggets for the potluck. Bought 2 packets, costing $13.80 -_-. Spent about 1 hour frying them. Didn't do all of them though, since my container wasn't big enough. Then showered and rushed out to AMK hub to meet Freida. I was late for almost half an hour, sorry! Lol. She brought chicken wings. We took bus 24 to Mr. Ng's place. Called Jonas to wait for us at the bus stop since we didn't know where to stop. Shawn, Tiffany, and Cheng Fu were also waiting at the bus stop for us. Was one of the first few to reach there, before the committee of course(they stayed overnight). Had a lot of fun there. The dog, Pepper, was damn cute la. He was like licking everyone's leg and feet, haha. Left the place at 9.20pm.


The bird got mohawk one, but can't see clearly in this picture.


Pepper! Blur


DotA-ing

L-R: Andrew, Jonas, Weekiat, Huixin


Potluck. I forgot to take pictures of my nuggets, lol.



27 Dec, Sat

NIESB concert. Went together with Shawn, Fikri, and Gerald. First met Shawn's friends at Jurong East, then moved on to Boon Lay to meet Alif, Ben, and his friend, Rytha. Took 179 to NTU's Nanyang Auditorium. Missed our stop, so we had to walk back quite a fair distance. Ended up missing the first song, haha. The concert wasn't really as good as I had expected, maybe it was the repertoire. Had dinner in the campus itself. Fikri and I had lasagna, and everyone else McDonalds. Mine was very wet and his was kinda dry. Regretted getting the pasta for $6.90 when I could have gotten a big mac meal for 5 bucks, haha.


28 Dec, Sun

Concert by Nakamura Gakuen Girl's High School and TKGS. Met Joel at Kovan MRT at 3pm. I was late, hahaha. Took bus to Ben's house. Played his trumpet and piano while waiting for him to prepare. Then we went down and Mr. Aw picked us up. Helped him with his phone on the way to VCH. TKGS performed first, followed by the japanese band. It was really a hair-raising performance lor. Both their playing and singing were spectacular. A very worth it concert. Went to Plaza Singapura with Ben and Joel for dinner. We ate at KFC, then went back.


29 Dec, Monday

Band in the morning. Jeremy, Melvin, and Jia Wei were also there. Mrs Chua from Marsiling Sec came down to teach the band. Had lunch at the McDonalds just opposite school with the 3, plus Louis. Then headed down to my place. Played PS2 and L4D. And they were really messing up my room, as if it weren't messed up enough already :D

At 5+, Jeremy, Melvin, and Louis left. I went with Jia Wei and Hong Zheng to Dhoby Ghaut cause HZ wanted to get an amp. from City Music at Peace Centre. Played at the arcade at the station first. When we finally reached Peace Centre at 7.20pm, we realised the shop had been closed for 20 minutes already. Walked back to Plaza Sing and ate at BK, then decided to watch a movie. Got tickets for Bedtime Stories and walked around a little before the show started. The movie was damn funny, even better than Yes Man, hahaha.

Posted at 2:27 PM

Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Pictures of you

Some pictures from Symphonie IV - 21st of Dec
(rest can be found here)





Some pictures from Band Exchange : Montfort, Serangoon, Fuchun, Outram - 22nd of Dec
(rest can be found here and here)


Me playing the clarinet. Look like a natural right! haha


Lunch time

Conducting sectionals


The honour band


Honour band again


Random photo


The four bands



Posted at 2:01 PM

Saturday, December 20, 2008
Excited

As promised, I'm back to blog about last week. It's a little late though. The memories are pretty vague, so don't expect too much details, lol.

12 Dec, Friday

4E2'08 BBQ @ ECP. Not many people turned up though, only half of the class. Walked to bicycle rental shop upon reaching there with Gregory, Russell, Jeremiah, Ivan, Gerald, Kenneth, and Rongli. Reached the first shop, but it was too expensive. 14 bucks for 2 hours?! So we went on to the next one, which was damn far away. Half of them gave up soon after and walked back, haha. Reached the second shop 1/2 hour later. We rented our bikes at a much more reasonable price of $5 for overnight(returned it at 10pm though), bought ice for the drinks, and went back. Come to think of it, we only rode our bikes twice. Towards the bbq pit, and back to the shop. At least it was cheap, haha.

Food was good. Mussells sprinkled with cheese and the hamburgers especially. The drinks cleared pretty fast though, and most of us were thirsty for the rest of the time.

At 9.30pm, went with Gerald, Gregory, and Russell to return our bikes. Took our time and used a lot of ulu roads, but we made it back just in time before they closed. Then the funniest thing happened. Since we didn't want to walk back to the pit(which would take 45 minutes), we went down to the ECP road(not the highway), and they tried to hitchhike passing cars by raising their right thumbs, lmao. Of course it failed, and after trying for 10 minutes, we finally flagged down a cab back to the pit. Only 1 buck per person, much more worth it than walking back.

When we arrived back, the rest were already finishing the last of the food. Oh, we didn't touch the two packets of potato we bought though. Cleared everything up, and the remaining 11 of split in to two groups. The hougang group and the serangoon+red line group? Walked opposite directions of the road I mentioned previously and we finally came across a creepy underpass 20 minutes later. Walked aimlessly until we saw a condo. Condo=cabs. Managed to get one almost immeadiately, and pooled back home with Alif, Melvin, and Gerald. Reached home around 12.

pictures from the barbeque can be found in my facebook profile.

13 Dec & 14 Dec, sat & sun

SSW rehearsal in the morning. Can't remember much about the practice. But after the rehearsal, went to Mitchell's place for early christmas celebration. Took his bmw, along with Mr. Ng, Tian Ze and Eugene. Headed down to TZ's house first to get his stuff as he was staying overnight. The other group went by van. They went down to KFC to get our dinner first. We reached the house first, so we left our things there before going to 7-11 to get drinks.

Dinner was great. Chit-chatted all the way to somewhere around 10pm. The rest van-ned(pun intended, lol) back home. Spent the night there with Fikri and Tian Ze. Fetched Mr. Ng home first. Didn't really do much there. Washed his car, watched some TV, drank a little, and played Red Alert 3. Went to bed at 2+, but only slept at 3 due to mindless chit-chat. Shared a bed with Fikri, and it was annoying. Woke up at 8 at first cause he was starting to lean on my shoulder. Then went to sleep on a chair instead, much more comfortable, hahaha. Slept until 10am and the rest started to wake up. Not Tian Ze though, he woke only around 12.

Left the house about 1pm to serangoon to pick Mr. Ng up for lunch. We were running late for SWO rehearsal though, so we stopped by a McDonalds drive-thru. Headed to the CC for to eat. Again, I can't remember details of the rehearsal. Had dinner of laksa somewhere in Yishun with the yck ppl.


15 Dec, Monday

SSW practice again in the morning. Forgot what I did after that. I played L4D at night with Ivan and KO though.


16 Dec, Tuesday

Outing to watch Twilight @vivocity. Met Melvin, Ivan, and Shawn at GV to get the tickets. Then had lunch at Burger King. KO arrived then. Walked around vivo as there was still quite awhile. Got 2 basic tees at topman and Ivan got a pullover for his Japan trip. Headed back to GV to wait. Saw some MSSMB people, they were having a combined outing with SSSCB. Then Junjie, Jing Rui, Raphael and Rongli came, followed by Louis.

The movie was okay, better than I expected. The book is still more interesting though.

Went to Hougang Plaza for LAN games, played CS all the way. Alot of pros on the other side, especially Raphael, haha.


17 Dec, Wednesday

Band bbq at Melvin/Malgene's condo. Met Alif, Jeremy, Melvin and Jia Wei first at Hougang Interchange and went to Hougang Mall to get presents for the gift exchange. Wee Ong and Hong Zheng came later. We walked to the field beside the condo to play soccer. Then at 5, we went in and sat by the pool, waiting for the others. Soon grew tired though, and we went up to Melvin's place. Played WWE on PS2 and PSP? I went down first to eat, cause I had to leave early. Ate only a few stuff, not really worth 5 bucks. Well, at least I managed to sell some tickets. Left for SWO rehearsal at 6.30pm.


18 Dec, Thursday

YCKSB concert in the evening. Went to citylink early in the hopes of getting a pair of oxfords for the concert this sunday, which I failed to do. Called Fikri out for dinner but he was already with Mitchell and Mr. Ng and they were heading back to VCH. Decided to get some bread from BreadTalk as I have never eaten alone outside and do not wish to do so, haha. Walked to VCH while eating. Tried calling him many times when I arrived, but he didn't answer, so I waited outside VCH. Apparently, he was busy taking photos. Cheng Fu and Tiffany arrived first, so I went up with them. This particular concert was incredibly long... and boring, compared to previous ones. The concert lasted for 3 whole hours. Went for dinner/supper at McDonalds with Cheng Fu, Tiffany, Gerald, Xiaoting, Jonas, Cheryl, Esther, and Shawn.


19 Dec, Friday/yesterday

SSW's last rehearsal before the concert. Worked on NWS and sight-read our encore piece. Helped to fold the some 500 programme booklets for tomorrow. Had nasi lemak for dinner at a very inaccessible place in Chong Pang. The food was great though, especially the chicken.


20 Dec, Saturday/today

As you can see, I've had a super busy week. Today's my only free day, so gonna have dinner with my family at Vivo. Going to get my oxfords at the same time.



Ciao

Posted at 2:15 PM

Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Tireddd

Damn, I've been really busy lately. The lack of sleep is causing me to get eye bags, lol. Must get rid of it before the concert this Sunday.

Anyway, I'll blog about the past weeks events soon enough. Going to meet some band alumnus for soccer and BBQ. After that, coming home to bathe before going for SWO rehearsal at night.

Told you I'm busy (;

Posted at 1:25 PM

Monday, December 8, 2008
Just a post to keep my blog alive

Hello, my blog seems to be on the verge of death. Blame it on having nothing interesting to post, haha. Not going much lately, except for band that is, not that it'll interest you guys.

Been doing quite a lot of reading lately(random). And thanks to Tian Ze, I can now play cs1.6 and cs:cz on my comp, yay. But theres only China servers, unless I use Garena.

Class BBQ this friday, can't wait. (; Oh speaking of class, I saw Ke Ping working at Causeway Point's Popular. His bright pink shirt made me notice him the moment I stepped inside, lol. Chatted with him for a while. Apparently, it was his first day of work, hope I didn't get him into any trouble, hahaha.

Posted at 12:29 AM

Monday, December 1, 2008
The new world

Helped out at Montfort Band's camp today. Reached the school at around 1pm to find them gathered at the foyer playing some bomb game. A few alumni were there too. Then the band went for combined. Stayed at the gallery teaching the juniors who got sent out.

Went in later to play their concert pieces with them. Then they went out to play games again at the parade square. More of the alumni came down and we went for dinner together at the kopitiam opposite school while the juniors were having their bath.

At 7pm, the band's first ever alumni band met. Quite a good number too, around 30. Saw many people whom I've not seen in a long time and some whom I've never seen. Side-read the pieces As the Moon Whispers, Animation Medley(nostalgic piece), To Challenge the Skies and Heavens Above, The Incredibles, Persis Overture and lastly Concerto Damore(another nostalgic one). We decided to play Animation Medley and Concerto Damore in the end, since we could only choose 2 pieces.

Later, we alumnus went down to the theatrette so we could introduce ourselves to the juniors. Well, not for my batch, since they already knew us. Had night walk later, I led one group around the school. Eugene(Melvin's cousin) kept hanging on to me cause he was scared by Terence earlier, lol -_-.

Anyway, it was nice too see such a good response for the alumni band. Hope its permanent and not only temporary. Sadly, the concert on Wednesday is Parent's night. Meaning, it's only for parents and not really open to the public, haha.

Oh, and my condolences to Kai Jun on the passing of his Dad. If you're reading this and need any help whatsoever, can ask me or any of your friends k? (;

Pictures will be up as soon as they are ready.

Posted at 11:18 PM