Friday, July 24
What kind of crappy holiday is this where you have to study study study every day???
these holidays suck..... ='(
k@ly$hA @ 9:44 PM
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Sunday, July 19
Last night i learnt a valuable lesson:
i CANNOT sing when i'm nervous.
seriously, my hands were shaking, my knees felt weak, my throat closed up, and my voice was reduced to a squeak.
Okay, I'll start from the beginning....
last night, my neighbours held a party to celebrate their daughter's 2nd birthday (actually, it was just an excuse for the grown ups to have fun, it wasn't much of a kid's party)
And because i had Youth, i wasn't able to go until around 9:30, and by then the party was in full swing, and i'll give them this: they really know how to party...
The food was almost gone (but there was still some left for my dinner..hehe) and.......wait for it........they had a live band performing!!
actually it was the live band which attracted me in the first place... I had arrived home already, and wasn't really planning on going...but then i heard the drums....and well, it brought back memories....so i rushed over. [btw, the band consisted of 30+, 40+ yr old local guys, bit of a disappointment when i got there]
So anyway........i ate, laughed, danced a bit....the band was actually like a karaoke system...they played the music while the guests sang...
And i was enjoying myself so much, i thought, 'hey, why not?'
so i flipped through the songbook, found a song i knew [Bon Jovi's You Give Love A Bad Name] and went up. thinking back, i don't know WHAT came over me....since when do i voluntarily walk onstage to sing? (there's actually more to it, but i'll get to that later)
Well, like i said, my throat closed up, and all that became of my voice was a pipsqeak, and i sounded terrible, and i just COULD NOT sing....and yet, the people watching cheered and shouted and applauded (either they were very drunk, or they were just excited to finally see a girl go up)
I think that was the point though.... No matter how much you suck at singing, they cheer for you and encourage you... (trust me, i wasn't the only one who sucked) I guess the whole point is that you hitched up your jeans, pushed back your sleeves, and stepped up to sing. The main thing is that you have fun.
And eventhough my voice was a squeak, the audience sang along...
"shot through the heart, and you're to blame, you give love A BAD NAME"
whoa.....it was just surreal... =D
And....oh, i almost forgot to mention the SUPER CUTE guy who was smiling at me the whole night.....heheh.... he's the one who pulled me on stage to sing in the first place... and while i was squeaking away, he was right there swaying and clapping to the music and smiling at me.... *blushes*
so yeah.....eventhough i had loads of fun last night, i think maybe i should save my voice for God, just sing in church, it seems to be the only place where i can sing well.....my throat doesn't close up and my hands don't shake when i sing in church.... =P
k@ly$hA @ 11:45 AM
Tuesday, July 14
more editing....
wahaha.....been fiddling around again.... with different people this time..... i really really like the first one.... =D
the photo was taken last year at the graduation ceremony.... i just changed the background coz there was a bunch of random people in the background....
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k@ly$hA @ 9:26 PM
Wednesday, July 8
thankful
["Lord, please hurry and perform a miracle and heal my legs to their original state"]we were chit-chatting in Bio today about how sometimes we forget to realise how lucky we are....we compare ourselves to those who are better-off than us, and think to ourselves "why can't i be like that?" or "why do they get it so easy?" or "I wish i was as rich as them".
What we don't realise is that although we're not as well-off as some, there are others who are in even worse conditions than we are....others who drew a shorter stick, others who were born in less fortunate circumstances....
I'm not just talking about the poor souls in Africa, i'm talking about friends, classmates, schoolmates who live among us....
we were sharing stories this morning about our childhood...and i was mildly surprised to hear agnes' story, whom i always imagined was quite well off....she told us about how she first started working when she was 10, selling and delivering luches to shops all over Parksons...she told us how she and her brothers used to travel to school on their father's motocycle, and she told us how mean the other kids were to her and how they looked down and teased her....
And her story made me realise, eventhough i grew up with a military dad, who is still super strict, i never had to work, i never had to pay my own school fees, i was never teased by my classmates because i was poor.....
I realise now how well my dad brought me up.
He set a bedtime ever since i was young, so i now have the habit of getting 8 hours sleep per night, and waking up fresh and able to pay full attention in class...He never gave me pocket money unless i earned it by washing his car..it's made me value the money i earn even more...He kept me away from boys, so i haven't been cheated or had my heart broken...He only buys me presents on special occasions like Christmas and my birthday, so i know better than to ask for this and that when he takes me out...When i'm in trouble, he doesn't shout or cane me, but the disappointment and fury in his voice is enough to make me cry with guilt for what i've done...
so, yeah... our chat today with ms may really made me realise a lot...
k@ly$hA @ 1:00 PM
Thursday, July 2
photoshop...
haha....i've recently discovered the wonders of photoshop(actually photostudio...but who cares?)...i never knew it could be so fun.....i never actually learnt how to use it, as in, no one ever told me what to do, i just fiddled around and tried out random tools...heheh...
thing is..Mandy's (far left) going to kl to study soon (very soon), and i wanted to frame this picture and give it to her, but i thought.....'nah..the background's so ugly.....if i could just change it....'
so i started looking through some files on my computer and found some nice ones....cut us out and stuck us on the background.... =D ta-da!
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k@ly$hA @ 12:26 PM