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Posted: April 12th, 2007 | Author: faddy | Filed under: Dear Diary | 18 Comments »NEWSFLASH! Results of the SYF thingamajig has been released. NONE of the JCs got Gold (much less Gold with honours), and JJC got SILVER!! Yay! NJC got bronze though wakaka.
I got such a shock seeing the remnants of my bank account that I’ve sworn myself off expensive or even mid-range restaurants until I get employed again. No more of such luxuries I tell you, no more (unless it’s a treat lah, then it’s a different matter)!
Thus, all the plans scheduled in my organizer for this week has been greatly scrutinized to include only low-cost activities, or even better, free activities. It’s been doing well so far, maybe I CAN live without my fine food, shopping and multiple movies or dvds :/
Yup, as you would have guessed by now, I shamelessly tagged along with the current JJC Malay Dancers to watch them perform for the Singapore Youth Festival. Actually I didn’t really intend on going, but after Peah’s whinings I gave in.
Haha, not that I didn’t want to support, but c’mon lah, I wasn’t officially in the Malay Dancers group last year, would have felt like an extra hahahaha. Ah wells.
We were not allowed to take any pictures in the hall, and security was much tighter then compared to the Esplanade Theatres I tell you. I daresay, that I was impressed with NJC’s contemporary dance performance. As for JJ’s, I thought we did pull it off well, so don’t fret kids! You’ll do just fine :)
The mood was rather sombre as the kids gathered together after their performance. They thought they didn’t do that well, you see. But, all signs of feeling blue evaporated as cameras began to get whipped out from bags. Heh, nothing but good old fashion camwhoring to save the day! In no time everyone was smiling and laughing :)
There were much more photos then the above lah, but some turned out bad while I just cannot be bothered to retouch or edit the rest. Maybe next time la hor, it’s 12:47am and my eyes are already half closed hehe.
One thing for sure, I really really miss the Malay Cultural Society days with the kids, doing all this Melayu stuff. I couldn’t dance for nuts, but I really cherish the times I spent in the dance room admiring their soft movements and choreography, wishing I could dance like them. Haha…
By the way, sorry hor I blurred some faces in the above photo! Fara, Peah and I wanted to take the above photo ONLY with the people we were close with back then but somehow after countless miscommunications, others came in too. Thus I have to resort to such a low handed tactic kekeke :P
After a budget lunch at Banquet with Peah, I met up with Claire and Ashrithaa to just hang out together. The initial plan was to visit the zoo, but somehow Ash cocked up the entire thing and we had to go Bugis as usual.
This time however, after the aimless walking around, Claire dragged Ash and I to the lan gaming shop under Bugis Junction for us to play this dancing game from 02Jam. I almost died, seriously. And so I put my $2 to good use by bloghopping wakakaka. It follows me everywhere I go, I can’t help it, really :)
By the time the hour ended, Ash and I had already managed to successfully kill Claire for wasting our $2. You know what’s her reason for dragging us there? “But I can’t play this game at home! I’m using a Mac!” Then get a PC, bitch! Hahaha. (Or maybe an emulator? I’m sure there’s such a programme right?)
Afterwhich, we gave a second attempt at making the walk from Bugis to Orchard. On our first try a couple of weeks back, we hopped on a cab merely 100m away from Bugis Junction wakakaka. This time, with determination, conversations and loads of laughter and camwhoring, we succeeded! Woohooo!
Haha, my camera skills still suck. I need to sign up for classes or something man. But it’s so expenssivveeee. Huargh! Must start googling for good tutorials or something~ If you have any suggestions help me out aight :)
Upon reaching Orchard it was the usual walking about, window shopping and food munching galore :) At 830pm I reached home (WOAH record early time), chatted with Momsy for an hour, and later on the phone with Is, and with Kimmy, and finally here I am blogging.
I’m damn sleepy and exhausted from all the walks I took with my babies today and the talks I had, thus pardon this rather incoherent entry heh. Good night sleep tight!
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suddenly so nice ah, no more RHINO AND PIG
anw i look so disgusting in that last pic
gross!
haha.. i was in that same shathole that you were saying in the first paragraph the last week. i almost fainted of depression. Hah.
hey the photos are really nice. putting the camera to good use eh. wanna become my official blog photographer? hehe
If you want to save $ hur … hmm lemme see. Try fasting? gimme ur ATM card? …
gday!
prinsep st? confirm pass nafa kan?
i miss school. hais.
its been quite some time since i explore the streets with my walking.
hhmm…. should start my expedition soon enough. kan best pergi explore-explore instead of taking the cab =p
and btw…. tell me bout being semangat melayu but cannot dance! been there before. so malu-ating can? hahahahahhaa!!!!
i’ve done almost everthing including dikir, bahas, acting etc BUT malay dance =(
KAKU you~
FADDY!!!! i want the photos!!!! they are luvly and so funni….thanx for coming down yes? (:
i tink the judges screwed up or sumting….expectatns so high isit until no schs got gold..merepek ehhhh
omg… haha! wat happen to nj man… their teacher in charge is so gonna kill them la!
can we exchange camera’s for just one day? please…….!!! =)
very nice photos taken! macam ni bole jadi photographer part time lah and earn money! kan kan kan? lol! enjoyed reading and especially looking at the photos. take care!
Hi there Faddy!
we found the turtle eggs by chance at the Geylang hawker centre cum wet market – the one opposite the public carpark and Tanjong Katong Complex. Behind the wet market is the post centre.
we bought them from a lone lady sitting on a plastic chair. she doesn’t even have a proper stall. lol.
try searching on weekends (from fri to sat). you’d have a higher chance of finding the eggs. =)
btw, i’m new to your blog. you sound like a very fun foodie! =) come to the Makan Kakis outing in June? New blogging friends meeting for the first time for an Indian Food Feast at Samy’s Curry followed by Chocolate Potluck Picnic at the Botanic Gardens. Details to be confirmed in May… Spread the word! =) The more the merrier.
FADDY!!! I want all the photos! Very nice la… send me when u see me online kay. (: And thanx for coming down to support us. But quite disappointed la to get a silver. judges so strict. boo.
whee~ faddy…
tankiu many2 for comin down…
n yeshh.. we wan the pics…
n yea.. disappointing tho we got silver.. hurr.. =)
i think this year’s syf is seriously so strict! band nyer syf, like a lot of gold and gold with honour bands dropped to silver. But css band still do us proud, by sustainin the gold bebeh.. hahah
Faddy!Ur skills of pic taking aint that bad at all.No worries :)
Heya Fad!
I’m not a blogger but i’m an addict to ur blog! Its like panadol extras for my frequent headaches. Hope no side effects frm reading ur blog eh. Hee~
Juz wanna say… ur pics are great! Nice… Very nice. Suggestion for free/cheap photography tips: try join flickr.com. I’ve seen some useful comments/guides/tips frm the members there. Gd if u can understand their jargons. Professionals some of them. Try lah! Try lah! =D
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