无悔

"I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again."

什么?

我什么都有,却又什么都没有.
我什么都没有,但是我什么也不缺.
我什么都不缺,但希望拥有些什么.

我爱你...你爱我吗?

世界上最远的距离

不是 生与死的距离

而是 我站在你面前

你不知道我爱你



世界上最远的距离

是鱼与飞鸟的距离

一个在天,一个却深潜海底

说出的秘密

I'm not a fan of Jay Chou, but there's been some hype about him doing movies and all. I've just watched Secret and I find the directing rather decent. Bought the soundtrack cos I heard some really good stuff in the movie, and guess what, most of the music were composed by Jay Chou himself; which, to me, is even a greater accomplishment than his directing stint. Seriously, the music is good. Not the sung ones, but the instrumental ones!!! And that's like a total of around 13 to 15.

Why hasn't the media talked about his music in the movie? Goodness!

Not that pop song lah, which I felt didn't quite fit into the movie at all.

Chopin is good! +)

Anyway, do catch the movie while you still can.

一人一半

一人一半 感情不散
一人一素故 感情才會久
時光累計 安靜的淚滴
一心去追 愛那么可貴

Chorus：
這樣的人 這樣地等
無非是等個回應眼神
為愛翻滾 不計傷痕
甘心為你一生都浮沉

這樣的人 別笑我蠢
傻傻的 心痛也不覺疼
就算天冷 就算殘忍
等你想起這沒用的人

一人一半 感情不散
已經找到愛 為何要離開

時光累計 安靜的淚滴
一心去追 愛那么可貴

Repeat Chorus*

一人一半 感情不散
已經找到愛 為何要離開
已經找到愛 為何先離開

You are The Devil

Materiality. Material Force. Material temptation; sometimes obsession

The Devil is often a great card for business success; hard work and ambition.

Perhaps the most misunderstood of all the major arcana, the Devil is not really "Satan" at all, but Pan the half-goat nature god and/or Dionysius. These are gods of pleasure and abandon, of wild behavior and unbridled desires. This is a card about ambitions; it is also synonymous with temptation and addiction. On the flip side, however, the card can be a warning to someone who is too restrained, someone who never allows themselves to get passionate or messy or wild - or ambitious. This, too, is a form of enslavement. As a person, the Devil can stand for a man of money or erotic power, aggressive, controlling, or just persuasive. This is not to say a bad man, but certainly a powerful man who is hard to resist. The important thing is to remember that any chain is freely worn. In most cases, you are enslaved only because you allow it.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

What can I do for you?

Some of my favourites!!!

FFX-2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyqX1SNuwzc

FFX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMdrnfyip9M

This one is really funny! Real life Final Fantasy!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svQvBiP76cE

Beat this!

Beatboxing with a flute!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crfrKqFp0Zg

Think it can only be done with edge-tone instruments. If anyone can do this with a sax or oboe, those are not lips!

Aranjuez Guitar Quartet

This quartet is good. They sound pretty different from LAGQ, and their music is cool.

In the hall of the Mountain King: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bywu_UEATb4
"Danza ritual del fuego": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMQyCYWumQw
Pink Panther : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M97ZZ1EXHMI

我的美丽星期天

Ok ok... I know I'm biased in my view point towards TPGC's standard.
Seriously, I really haven't heard them in a concert before! All the reference I have is :

1. Singapore Classical Guitar Society Meeting
This was way way way years back. Considering if Ruby actually went for it, I think it probably means I'm year 2 or year 3 then. There was a vivaldi number done by the club, was it the adagio only? oh I can't remember... but I'm sure there wasn't any seat-moving allegro for sure.

2. the Yamaha Guitar Competition which took place like 3 years back? It was some 10 member group doing a spanish number with a tremolo-ing beginning and later going on to some knocking. And oh yes, the trio who did the piazolla piece was good!

3. Recently, the sharing session with the Germany group at the community centre. Ok their kids are pretty decent I must say, and of course the 9 year old wonder-boy Kevin.

I'm hoping to catch them this coming Sunday, 10 June at Esplanade Concert Hall. The people who told Nam Leng they were focusing on symphony orchestras and wind bands for the Beautiful Sunday series. Odd isn't it.

Seems like the programme line-up includes La Cumparsita and Granada. My god! One is a all-time favourite in local Niibori repertoire, the other is one of Guitaresque's 招牌菜.
有没有创艺???

Guitar ensemble repertoire is really one kind in the local scene. Rarely do you get to hear things that are out of the "guitar norm". If you visit guitar concerts often enough, you've probably heard a trillion times, "Canon in D", "La Cumparsita" etc. etc. *yawn* really puts me to sleep, unless they are rendered in an extremely humourous or cacophonic style.

I bet Daddy is going to mention again that the kid is just 9 years old. Ha ha ha

神速

Yo yo yo... Hiong Gai Gai...

this is likely the speed that Robert will go at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1ZKAnUIDg4

死无葬身之地...

godspeed

Shiok Shiok!

皮箱人演唱会: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPjVGWGAsKs

I suspect the camera-man is a blood related to ATKS.

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Nothing related to the above, but I'm mildly amused by SRJC's name for their guitar concert. Guess what?

Shiokissimmo!!!

Really odd name, first reminds me of a perfect fit for a signboard at a Japanese Red Light District soft porn outlet. Why?
It's Shiok cos you get to Kiss and 摸. and it sounds like a jap word.

ok ok no offence, but it really tickles me.

Now I have the tune for "Shokubutsu"(the soap commercial) in my head. Sing it using Shiokissimmo!!!

中重奖

Have got to hand it to Kenneth Hesketh.

Early music melodies are often modal and essentially repetitive. But the counterpoint written for the cantus firmus is tremendously colourful. The opening movement for Danceries is one such great example. Hell, there's at least 6 things going on at any one time(yes! it makes it very difficult to arrange for guitars, lots of hair tearing involved.), the parts display plenty of independence from each other, some of them forming their own line and sounds almost totally disassociative.

The blend they make is one masterpiece.

It's really meaningless to identify which chord is at which bar or beat; the counterpoint interplay is such well-intertwined dissonance and consonance. With myself being unfamiliar with modal tendencies, it's really hard for me to say where's the triad chord!

Anyway, this is a BIG work, spanning 4 movements. I'm working on it and wondering along the way if it's a little too much to ask of the musicians. Certainly the technical dexterity does not come close to that of Capriccio Espangnol, but the rhythmic and musical aspect may be more than it seems to be a simple 6-8 reverie.

Nonetheless, I'm quite determined to expose the guys to some early music, less we always get stuck at Bach or Handel, which are already essentially very much in the tonal arena. I don't think they want to do the F major Brandenburg straight after they return from their competition, less they still possess the nightmare debris of the G major counterpart. Ha ha ha.

I'm really hoping the full score of "Impressions of Japan" comes by too soon. I've ordered for it after knowing Robert is unable to find his copy, and apparently it's not exactly on its way yet. This is another folk thing that would do us good if we ever set foot onto Japan again, or in the event some Niibori Prof decides to pop by.

With Wai going away to do her masters, I've managed to assign/arrow/convince Jin to take up the soprano void. Looking for some 2 members to fill in some shoes in the group too. Hmmm. perhaps the masters is a ruse to allow her to transfer out of the Soprano and into the Prime section after she returns(if she returns). Gonna miss (or not!) all that relentless string plucking during rehearsals, ah well, then again, I don't think Jin is going to display any significant difference in rehearsal behaviour. Ho ho ho =)

Sounding chirpy today eh? Kinda happy and bored. Oh well, I guess it's a clear sign that life's treating me well.

I even got an invitation from maestro Hiong Gai Gai to play in a concerto.
Hell, how come TOTO never so lucky?!?!?!?

.hack

dot hack is really quite one cheeeeemmm game. Quite resembling xenosaga actually, on some level, full of riddles and speech encryption. But, I find it more interesting than going on preventing some dumbass self-conceited king from his world domination scheme.

I haven't caught any of the animes yet. It is said to give a better and more complete picture, though I've tried to read up some info through net sources.

The collection of data for AI.
Is it possible to anticipate all possibilities of human choice and reaction?

The 8 phases from .hack//infection, outbreak, mutation, quarantine:

树倒猢狲散

There's been a recent increase in the number of deaths caused by trees or branches of trees. Seems like the media report them with plenty of zeal and concern.
Seriously, I can't imagine how that happens.

Ok, if you are asleep, I guess it's sheer bad luck.

But if not, there should be some sonic indication that the branch or the trunk is falling??? No?
Especially if it's the whole falling trunk. The inertia possessed by the flora itself would provide quite good time to escape, unless of course, there's nowhere to run to.

Well, it's not that I'm not sympathetic. Just really curious how it happens, and unable to imagine the process of it all. I gotta prepare some defense mechanisms against tree falling in my next trekking trips!

And just last week I was showing my science class how falling trees serve as a chance for forest floor to survive and revive!

又出发了!

本想去送机, 不知不觉地就9点多了. 从汉祥那得知即将起飞, 便打消了送机的念头.

希望他们玩得开心!

看待学习

I had the chance of seeing a primary 3 kid fly his fingers on Czardas yesterday night, accompanied by his dad. It was most remarkable to see such splendid sub-divisions and tempo. The father remarked that the kid is only 9 years old at the end of the performance.

可以明白他望子成龙的心切. 但希望音乐不失陶冶性情的本质.

身为教师, 也希望学生也能把学习视为对自己的一种进步,成长. 成绩只是衡量学习的尺度, 不是奠定才华的工具.

What a lousy catch

I say sometimes MOE really select lousy people to become school leaders.

I don't know what's the selection criteria, but my current VP definitely doesn't qualify, in my humble opinion. Inconsiderate, bossy, loud-mouthed and temperamental are some of her deadly signs of aging. She enjoys chairing meetings which she perpetually dominates any form of conversion and discussion, forcing an involuntary matriachy. Poor time management, as she thinks everyone is just like her, with no life after working hours, her meetings are usually dragged overtime and complete with her re-asserting her statue and opinion on whoever is present in that hellish gathering.

I've had some 'nice' confrontations with her and I'm glad to say we both know when to steer clear of each other. Frankly speaking, after a some verbal sparring with a VP, HODs all appear like little goblins and pixies, all too fragile.

Perhaps I should aim for the cluster superintendent next.

打或被打?

今天听到了新闻, 说什么殴斗事件增加, 三分之二是学生, 而理由是支援不足.
居然还有什么辅导官在那里乱吠, 说什么老师如果只是叮咛学生们不要欺负同学, 是不够的.
我也同意是不够的, 但教育部都已经剥夺了老师教训学生大半的权利, 老师有能做什么?
骂他, 又说不够. 打他, 又不准. 辅导他, 又不一定有效, 而且耗费时间.

将管教学生的权力放在父母身上, 却又把管教学生的工作放在老师身上, 这是教育部最失败的方针.
教育就好象养孩子,养花养草一样, 并不能够只用一种方法去拟定,实践. 什么学生该罚,该打, 如果这么简单的系统与执行权都不能落在执行者手上, 信任何在? 一个不包含信任的系统, 又怎么培育出正直的下一代?

你不给我兵器, 我怎么上战场?

有时候, 亲自出手打骂学生, 最痛的却也是老师的心.

骄兵必败

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