Lost In Beauty-

Sunday

Saturday was indeed a tiring day. I guessed I was too hyper and this hyper-activeness lasted for the whole day and night. A moment of fickle-mindedness, nervousness, fear, excitement and who knows whatsoever and in addition, I woke up at 6.30am when I had been having late nights the whole week.

We had decided to sleep in and not to join the Superband if it rained. Initially, I wasn't too keen to join as well. Half hoping that 天不作美 (it would pour), to my astonishment, despite the rainy season, it was a clear and beautiful sunny day!

Ok, everything starts from here..

Waiting for our turn to peorform on stage. I had quite a heart thromping session sitting there. Some participants were good and it sort of added stress to us. Furthermore, previous groups which sang without music were all being rejected. So scary!

The 3 PRCs beside ps (the yawning guy and the 2 gers) didn't help too. They rehearsed their song and surprisingly, they sang really well. And you know what? Worst of all, they had to perform just before us. Damn.

A crazy moment. We even thought of slipping away when it was about to be our turn. Luckily, we called a stop to all those nonsense and we managed to calm ourselves down.

Stunning faces of ps and mi. I think we saw a marvellous group or what. Probably a CMI (cannot make it) group?

Oh no!! Our turn next! Heart rate fastened, cold palms and feet. I guessed Xc was smiling so happily because we were trying to crack a joke while Ps was trying to calm herself down.

I was quite relieved that we could request for mic stand. It made us looked more spread out and of course, we didn't have to hold the mic during the whole tensed up moment. I was abit jittery too and I think I didn't give a superb intro but luckily, it turned out ok overall.

Our performance! Did record a video of it too. All thanks to Dear who pon his lec and came down to support! U r so sweet!

Anyway, the judges were quite pleased with our performance (although tune abit off somewhere).

Luckily we observed and analysed the judges before we went on stage. By guessing what they disliked and what they looked for plus noticing the most influential judge(a she) whom we worked on ultimately, we had a really good idea of what they looked for. We smiled, we maintained eye contact and of course, we suppressed our fears and displayed confidence (although this probably can be improved further).

Judges comment and question: 虽然有些部分有一点走音，但是整个感觉还不错。服装也蛮搭的。你们是好朋友吗？

We: *nods* and 是！
(Duh, cannot say 不是 what. But probably we made it a point to look at each other for coordination that's why she asked)

Thus, we waited for the music which will determine the result.
I could only say we were stunned, shocked, surprised, excited..

We thanked the judges while we were still in shock and left the stage. Guided by crews, we filled up some form and listened to some instructions before we were asked to pose for a photo and an interview by Berlinda. Oh no, we never thought that far and we were not prepared. Not at all!

I think I made some grammatical errors and anyhow answered qns cos I was still quite stunned. We were asked to exclaim our group name out loud and clear for the camera in the end.

Alot of rock bands joined and entered too. Some were really good and one of them had the voice of Shin! Next round would be real tough. Not hoping for anything but will just do our best bah. Anyway, the experience was really fulfilling and rich.

While Xc had to leave for work, ps had to waited for time to pass for her lesson. So, we went to Billy Bombers.

Cheers!

Thanks to my Dear too and of course, the guys(although Joel said he'll definitely comedown to support but he nv)! Yy too, thx ger for being so supportive! =)

Now, it would be a brainstorming session till next week. Sigh. Any ideas?

Will update again.

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Tuesday

First Day of School!! I had 2 lectures today. So far so good lah. However, I guessed I'm still in holis mood. To further enhance this cheery mood of mine, I went to S.H.E's autograph session at Marina Square!

Oh my goodness! Look at the number of people at the atrium.. That's not all, the queue extended beyond the atrium, out in the open! Ps n mi went late so of course, we stood outside lor..

Gong Si Jia, our new local singer. Didn't really see her though. You must be wondering who took this photo. Thanks to Joey and Joel who went there last min with us.

Marina Square's better stage. At least we got a glimpse of S.H.E on stage. They sang Live on stage!

While all these were happening, we were actually cutting queue. Yes, I'm guilty to say that but since we were far too behind in the queue, we were really afraid of missing their autograph. Joel they all found a loophole somewhere to the front. Fortunately, Lady Luck was on our side, we managed to squeeze into the queue without ppl noticing. Haa. Sorry lah, I noe it's quite bad.

Too bad we only got to hear them Live, didn't get to see them sing Live. Thanks to Joey for all these photos.

However, all the photos didn't really turn out well despite the 6.0MP anti-shake camera. Grr, all Joey's fault! Haa.

S.H.E posing with their fans. I'm sad to say most of the photos were their back views.

S.H.E signing their debut album, 不想长大!! Dear went to buy one more album just to accompany mi and to help us lead the way (aka squeezing). So sweet~

Joey & Joel were saying Selinna's plump but I don't believe it. Close examination of the photos showed that however. Probably abit but who cares? Instead, I felt that she's slimmed down abit. Anyway, Selina's very pretty!! Really. Anyway, both of them like Hebe best.

Mi? I preferred Selina, probably all along I like her too. Heh. But all of us think Hebe's good looking too lah but ps thought she's not tt nice in person. Actually Ella's not bad too. Aiya, I luv all lah. Haa. I can't help lah, S.H.E's my Fav!

Look at this!! They do shake hands!! So excited, first time gg c them! And can shake hands!! Unlike F4 autograph session, no contacts at all.

Try spotting us?

Oh yah, that ushering guy was really fierce. I had to cling on for Ps's dear hands and life.

Finally my turn to shake Selina's hands!!! Selina's and Hebe's smiles were abit fake though. Probably they were tired. Ella's smile was big and cheery! And when I said Thank You, she gave mi a huge smile again!

Finally, it's over! Us posing with the album. And yah, it's kinda funny when Joel n Joey wanted to act like security guards and asked mi to pose as Selina gg to toilet. LoLx. Tt's really funny!

After which, we went to the guys' house for dinner. Their grandma miss Andrew and my presence! Haha.

Homecooked food. Not bad.

Alright, our hard work paid off! And my main purpose/wish was fulfilled! I really wanna see them in real face to face.

Thanks to Dear for making it happened -- be it on time (for fetching us), accompany mi que and throughout the whole session!

Thanks alot for Joe-l/-y's help too! Without them, it's gonna be hard!

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Sunday

My last week of holidays!!

Well, I vowed to play till I drop before school officially starts. And I did, until I really lost track of which event came before the next. Ktv lah, cycling lah, pool lah, bars lah, chilling out lah, gym lah, supper lah, hanging out everywhere and anywhere! I just wanna forget all my woes and party!

Anyway, these photos might help in recalling what I did for this week although these weren't all of the photos and some of the activities were photo-less. Haa. Here goes:

Didn capture photos during ktv session. Sending ps home after that while we waited for Dear's frens to get ready for cycling. Here's Dear and Joey.

Joey and Joel. Dunno y, we seemed to be seeing each other more often nowadays. Probably we're becoming as sporty as them? I dun mind though.

Mi and ps. This supposedly "lazy" ger got persuaded by the guys to go cycling in the end. So last min thing but they still managed to ask her along. I had no idea how they did it. Haa.

Didn have much photos during cycling and blading. This is one of the fews after the event. Ching Guan and Joey.

Joey and mi. His stupid face? He explained taking photos wif mi must pull a sulk face cos someone will scold him. Haa. Rubbish!

Joel and Ching Guan. With the ah beng look. Probably they should try harder. Haa.

All of us at Alexandra having a nice and popular BBQ meal. You shld c the no. of ppl there.
Front row: Joey, Andrew, Mi and ps.
Back row: Joel, Ching Guan, Zhen Hao, Hong Han and his cousin.

Quite a good recommendation though. The food's nice!

Surprisingly, Avocado drink's available! But I still prefer VienThai's Avocado Snow, very very nice! But of course, money wise, this is not bad too!

Yes, I was saying dunno y nowadays always see them. Regular patrons of their house already. Now? Even Yuki. LoLx.

Was joking how their grandma recognized us. Here's her grandma's Black Glutinous Rice Dessert.

My Favourite corner of their house. With a touch of ancient antiques.

Another day after gym session I guessed. Yup, and we went to Mt Faber cos we wanted to see the tallest Xmas tree again. Joel's wif his Mini Cooper?

Nice right? I thought it was a pretty good idea to come up with this idea of an artificial Xmas tree. It's our second time seeing this tree.

Them. With the artificial Xmas tree.

We came by this posh place on top called The Jewel Box. Mi and Dear brought them to take a look at the Altivo Bar where we frequent. A very very nice place for chilling out. Nice view, nice atmosphere, nice drinks.

We managed to get in despite the "Smart Casual" dress code sign at the entrance. We were casual but definitely not smartly dressed! Haa. Ok, not for Dear but us cos all 3 of us were wearing shorts.

The mini waterfall in there.

I thought the straw in this pic was cute. Anyway, we ordered cocktails. They served quite a number of alcoholic drinks and this was the common one in all bars. Margarita.

The other side of the bar.

Our sofa seat was facing Sentosa. Really nice. Behind us were the blue enclosed air conditioner lounge. Ours -- outdoor in the open! Joel's request of this cross-hand pic.

They did the same too although Ching Guan was unwilling to do so with Joel. Aww, so sad.

Yes, on the right of Ching Guan's opened and it's facing Sentosa.

Us. Again.

They have these nice seats and cushions too. Cute right?

Another one.

U can bring your other half to share with u too. Cosy! Haa. Or what hokkien says "kue xio"!

We presumed Joel's drunk cos he wanted to pose for the same pic. Haha.

I thought this photo was quite nice.

Anyway, this tourist's shop is well decorated too and I found this pinkish corner with tiny sofa sets for kids. Cool right?

The blu-ish entrance. The newly renovated entrance. The whole feeling just goes Wow!

To the right is the air-conditioned lounge.

Candid but nice? Haa. Stairway to the Altivo Bar. Too bad Joey's gone dating cos he really missed out alot.

Oh, this is another day after gym. In Hyatt hotel's lobby.

Nice decor. With nice ppl in the photo. Muahaha.

Dear and Joel. Waiting for Joey to intro his date. Haa.

Shijia and Joey. We went for a nice dinner in Chinatown after that. A place which we ate very very nice Xiao Long Bao and those Beijing's food. My recommendation. Too bad we didn bring camera along.

Anyway, that's all for now. Too many photos for mi to post. I'm being super selective already. The good thing is I felt better after yesterday's. Thanks. (^_^)

School's gonna start soon. Shall tune down my play already. Chinese New Yr's coming too. Shall cut down my food intake. Haa. Dad and Mum gg to Hokkaido, without mi. What to do? Gotta study. Sigh. I miss Japan!!!!! Gonna save up for a trip there, I dun care!

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