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So Rubbish!!!

My sis went for SYF Competition yesterday and it ended up with a whole ging-gang of TKGS girls teary-eyed. So on earth what happened?

Some basic knowledge first:

1. 80 -85 pts = gold ("low gold")
2. >85 = gold with honours ("high gold")
3. Maximum no. of ppl who can take part in the choir = 80

My sis's school choir is well-known to be one of the best in Singapore. In fact, for yesterday's competition, they knew that they had scored 91 pts, which is possibly the best among the all-girls' choirs in Singapore.

What happened was the judges found eighty-ONE students when they counted the no. of ppl in the choir from the photo they had taken. So as a punishment, 10 marks were taken off and they are only awarded 81 points now. SO... They have lost their "high gold" and the other all girls' choirs now prob have a chance to fight for the top position (I won't mention what schs anyway). That is so stupid!!! Especially when the choir's student conductors and sectional leaders have counted only 80 ppl (including THEMSELVES, for those who are thinking that they must have forgotten to count themselves =P).

I was trying to console my sis so I told her this is prob in line with the movie "Eye 10" and this could be the 11th way to see a ghost ba. =P But, so strange, after being in the choir for so many years, I haven't had the "luck" to see one yet. Maybe it'll only happen with all-girls choir??

Jian Gui 11
Q: What is the 11th way to see a ghost?
A: Sing in an all-girls' choir for SYF competition 2005???

posted by LKY @ 10:00 am 2 comments

India...a perspective from an Indian

I am an NRI. Thats what they call Non Resident Indians. But the last time I had a friendly verbal exchange with the Indian scholars in VJC, they were quick to suggest that it also meant Non Returning Indians.

But thats not true. No matter where we are , India is always on the back of our mind. Thats party why I try to conquer India when I play the board game RISK. But thats besides the point. It is dirty, crowded, not organised...but still we keep going back. There is this attraction for our mother land.

Those who reside in India hardly want to migrate out. Even Shah Rukh Khan. He lives in Mumbai...despite the fact he could easily stay in other bigger cities. He once said,"Why be a slave elsewhere, when I can be the king here." Thats the thing. The rich are rich and the poor are really poor. And they live in perfect harmony. You see the beggars outside the homes of the rich. You see the rich travelling thru the slums to get to a certain destination.

The Indians know that their country is dirty. They dont deny that. Someone once jokingly told me that Singapore is so clean, that when the Indians come over, they fall sick. He also added that if you dont litter in India, the police will fine you. They find ways to weave around comments regarding their country.

Corruption is everywhere. Not doubt this is bad and should not be condoned, we need to put overselves into their shoes. For example, the police officers would let you off if you paid them a sum of money. First of all their salary sucks and there is a crap amount of paper work.

I dont know about other races but the key to a foreign Indians survival holds a simple theory. Behave as Indian as possible. Behave as if although you have been staying out from India, you still have the tradition and what not. Know your Gods well because they always make good ice breakers with the shop owners and the auto taxis.

I am going Bangalore soon for 2 months. I am looking forward to it in many aspects apart from holidaying. I have never been to the South of India before. North and South is vastly different. They even have their own movie industry spoof called Kollywood. I have always been to India with my parents. I have observed how they interact with people and i want to put that into practice. From the bargaining of taxi fares... to rejecting badly cooked food.

till the next time,
pinakin

posted by LKY @ 12:32 pm 0 comments

Tree Top Trial

well..it's supposed to be an adventourous day, exciting..but IN THE END..it's really very exciting...heh

bin von met ling at 8.45am..ready to challenge the tree top trail at macritchie...well..all started well...as we reached Mr Lim Bo Seng's Tombstone. It really looked very nice..after that we continued our hike..i realised ling is also NYHA grade 3..haha...i'm not any better..maybe NYHA grade 2...anyway...we found out that we have to walk 5 km to reach the trail..so we continued...suddenly...we felt droplets...and soon it became MANY droplets..and guess wat..only dear von brought her small red umbrella...and ling only brought her white nike cap...haha...so we got stuck at this junction...3 pathetic people holding a red umbrella hoping that the rain will stop...well...it didn't...sigh...and in the end we had to run out of that place...and the most funny thing is...we saw this sign when we were about to reach Lornie Rd.."Tree Top Trail", 2.5km away, closed on MONDAY and public holidays..oh yes..how interesting..today is 04/04/05 MONDAY! sigh..wat an interesting end to our hike..

in the end von went home and ling had to go to my house to change coz we were all wet...sigh...and we shivered in the bus...sigh...

was talking to ling bout having a cooking session..haha..hopefully wendy is free on wed...=)

wat a day.....

6 more days to Bangalore..oh yeah..so exciting!

posted by LKY @ 11:00 pm 0 comments

Why a man grows a goatee

Bye Bye Goatee

Every man experiments with facial hair some point in his life. Its a sudden urge triggered by a sudden influence. This just happened to be my time. Its the thrill of finding out something new. The thrill of seeing yourself looking different. Its exhilarating.

Its been a learning process no matter how minute. Kofi Annan sports a goatee. So does Stone Cold. So did Al Gore after his electorial lost to George Bush. Its no walk in the park. Many think its a simple process: Just dont pick up the razor.

Wrong. Dead wrong. The itch kills you in the first few days. You let it grow for a week without any intervention. Then its time to shape it to perfection. Symmetry is hard to attain. Constant adjustments have to be done. An instance of neglect screws it up. You want it to remain soft so you shampoo it once in a while. Different strands go at different lenghts. Hence you got to cut it even periodically.

There are many variants of facial hair. There is just the chin tuft. The full french. The chin stap. And the Osama too. Growing one takes bravery. Yes. Takes bravery. People have been seeing you without it. You have to be prepared for comments cause people will notice and comment. Hair can make you look ultra stylish or profoundly dumb.

But the best part is yet to come.

The thrill of shaving it off. The thrill of seeing youself looking different again.

pinakin

posted by LKY @ 10:19 am 0 comments