A Quickie

Ok... lots of things i need to update but for now...

Check out the superband website on Channel U... Our group... and our mascot...

http://u.mediacorptv.com/story.aspx?Editorial_ID=740&SubCategoryID=20

http://u.mediacorptv.com/story.aspx?Editorial_Id=741

We are called Chabalang....杂吧琅 dunno why they nv put down.... our Mascot is Momo...

Ahem... WE ARE NOT AN ACAPELLA GROUP.... We are just good at harmonizing... hahhaa...

Yah... tt's all for now...

My Journey..

Well... Pineapple tarts were not the only thing that came out of my fruitful weekend...

I took part in both semis for Impresario 2008 and "Be My Valentine" over the weekend. the results was.... (drum roll...... CHEANG!)

I made it through both!!!

For impresario it was really a close call.. coz there were really many strong contestants.

The sound system was pretty sucky... no feedback moniter... i can hardly hear myself and the music... Somemore i was the 1st soloist of the day.... it all added up and i tot i din really perform as well as i should have... Still i'm ever so thankful to be in the finals... :)

I have never been this far in a competition since... primary school. wahahaha... Feeling nervous already... somemore impresario finals is in Mediacorp TV Theatre... Now i dun even know wat song i should sing...

Singing Competition Updates:

• 17 Feb - Be My Valentine (Finals) - 8 Finalist, 2 Rounds of competition, only 3 will b chosen into the 2nd round. Need to prep 2 songs... 1 fast 1 slow... *pull hair....*
• 23 Feb - TalentQuest 2008 (Semis) - J8, Group competition... Song chosen... but yet to learn and divide parts...
• 1 Mar - Impresario 2008 (Finals) - MediaCorp TV Theatre, 4 Female Finalists, Lotsa Jitters... WAT SONG TO SING?!

* i still got sore throat.... bad omen... (-_-

Pineapple Tarts!!

After slogging by the oven for 3 days... Here is the fruit of our sweat and aching muscles... Still so good.. Mmmm mmm...

32 pineapples... 6 hours non-stop stirring over the fire....
18 斤of flour... wakingup 6 30 in the morning.. and non-stop baking till 5pm everyday...

Great pineapple tarts... priceless... (tt's why.. we only give them out as gifts... not for sale...)

Why... why do i have to get sore throat now... :(

AleXieL Got Talent!

eh... ok lah... dunno if got talent yet... but i have been putting my singing abilities to the test... entering myself to a few singing contests... This year i am trying to take all the competitions more seriously... and try to push my singing and performance abilities up a level...

Current involvements...

1. TalentQuest 2008 - Group Category >> Semi-finals, 23rd Feb, Junction 8
2. Impressario 2008 - Female Solo Category >> Semi-finals, 27th Jan, Causeway Point
3. Music Clinic, "Be My Valentine" Singing Competition - Solo Category >> Semi-finals, 26th Jan, Music Clinic

I must be crazy...

My New Big Ass Shades...

Went shopping today with shan after talentquest... and bought this pair of sunglasses.. I always wanted one of these big ass sunglasses.... but was never convinced enough to get one till today.. Thank you shan for convincing me hahhaa... I always wear spectacles i dunno why i need them hahaa.. but still i love them.. and i think they love me... coz i look good in them... *wink behind the shades*

I dunno how many times i've tried to take a pic of me in them on my phone... none of them look good enough... until i decided to play cheat and use my mirror... so i can see myself on my phone screen and adjust myself hehe... I just dunno how to 自拍.... sigh...

蓝光惠。唱歌... 真的会唱歌

This is our group... "蓝光惠。唱歌". Named after each of us!!!

Well.. today we sang in the Quarterfinals of Talent Quest 2008 and we MADE IT TO THE SEMI FINALS!!!

Its pretty amazing for a group tt just started 2 weeks ago... hahaha...

We started as classmates in a singing class learning mandarin pop singing. Getting tired of just singing pop, we switched to a Harmonizing/backup singing Class in Dec. After just 3 weeks of lesson, we decided to join Talent Quest 2008... just for the fun of it... well at least i tot it was for fun.

Upon knowing auditions is just less than a week away, we decided to go for the auditions performing the ONE song we know from our 1st mth of lessons. "彩虹的微笑" Amazingly, we managed to impress the judges and got thru to the quaters. And one of the judges was Dee from JuZ-B...

"Are you guys from the Acapella Society?"
"(got such thing ah...).... No..."
"Then are you in an acapella group?"
"... No... *pause*... but we are from the same class..." (act innocent)
I think we got them fooled... hahha...

Quaters being just 1 week away... and we dun even have a 2nd song... we quickly picked one to learn and harmonized... and got a lot of help from our beloved mentors to put up an act today... hahha..

Well.. unfortunately we weren't as fantastic on stage as we were off stage... still... i guess we did okay since they let us thru! Dee did commented that we need a beatboxer to complete the group... I also wish loh... but its not something u can just pick up overnight... for now.. we would just work with wat we have bah....

For the next round, we really need to work on our stage presence... step up our act and choreography... Quite excited abt it... looking forward to it all...

告别二〇〇七

我在二〇〇七年做的最后一件事... ...

吃半锅炒饭。

Carbonara.. Now u see it... Well u dun...

After watching "I am Legend", acting on impulse, my bf and i decided to cook our own dinner tonite. I have been toking abt trying to make the carbonara after seeing how simple it was form Jamie Oliver's show... So out of memory, we went to NTUC supermarket, grabbed a couple of ingredients and head straight home to fire up the stove.

As simple as it looks on tv... within less than an hour, we finish preparing and cooking our bacon and mushroom carbonara... And it taste pretty decent too!! Though i found it a little too eggy... while my partner tot it was too creamy... Basically it was a little rich and i would say it is best served warm. But tt's coming from 2 person who actually preferred tomato based pasta sauce in the 1st place. We just tried carbonara My brothers found it okay... Maybe the portion was a little too much. we cooked for 2 but i think there was enough for 3... regular eaters... Still, it was rather successful, for cooking something without a proper recipe... i din even really know how much of wat to put in... haha...it all by "feeling"...

To accompany the carbonara, we also bot a bottle of Hardy's Chardonnay... It's pretty easy to drink and fruity too... finished the entire bottle in a meal. hehe...

It was only at the end of the satisfying meal that i found out in horror that i forgot to take a picture of my beautiful carbonara.. So as u can see... i can only show u the empty plates and bottle of our little cooking adventure... But i hope in the near future, i can supplement with a picure of my second attempt and i would like to add a grill salmon fillet on top of the pasta... hmm...

Financial Summary...

I keep a spreadsheet of my monthly expenses... Well its sort of the downloaded transaction history from my bank account. But i tidy it up and update to my savings graph to track how much i spend and save monthly...

Its the yr end now and my accounts... looks bad... over spending... credit card payments not meant for pple of my kind of income... My whole looking-for-a-new-career ordeal made me suffer quite a bit financially... I lost most of my savings from my prevous 2 yrs of work.... IT SUCKS!!!... Din really felt the pinch till now....

Den one has to ask the question.... Was the search for a new career all worth it?

In a way... I had to do it.. i would regret and be miserable if i din even try. But do i think i have tried hard enough... nope... So what did i gain?

Definately lessons learnt, I learnt about other jobs.. i learnt being jobless... I learnt getting interviews and jobs... and i learnt not getting jobs... Most of all, i learnt about myself...

The learning goes on... But change is constant. Have i found a career? Still need some time to tell... There is a whole new year ahead for more experiences...

But at the moment, i should be looking for more money... :P I need to start saving more... for more rainydays...

Impresario 2008 -Auditions

Oh.. just a quick update... hehe...

I took part in Impresario 2008 and got thru the Auditions to qualify for Semi-finals... (yah... kinda fast... only 8 girls and 8 guys left).

Quite excited... eh... well... i'm not suppose to know yet... but got inside info lah hohoho...

The semis will be on a public stage in Jurong Point on the 27th of Jan. Haven picked my song yet... still trying to find KTV DVDs... (See i support 正版 ok!)...

I never really take competitions very seriously... this time i'm trying to try harder hahaha... and see where i can go... Wish me luck...