I went for choir today. More than 1 hr of music theory lesson and about 30 min of singing. Music theory was fine, just that I prefer to read on my on rather than having an group interative lesson. Highly interactive style of learning is good, but it doesn't work very well for me. Guess probably after having diarhea for 3 days, just too tired to think so much, and I'm still feeling abit of "diarhea".. haiz..

The 30 min singing session was embarrassing for me.. There i was anticipating quite happily to sing those high and beautiful tenor part of mine, but to my Disppoint and Horror I couldn't project my voice well, and my voice broke abit at the high notes. Falsetto also failed me. I was really shocked, didn't expected that. However the song still continued, and I paused awkwardly and stop singing my part. I don't know how to face the choir gers who were observing the guys singing.. Totally embarrassed. My throat was only a little tight and dry mah, I thought I could at least use my falsetto without any big problems. I was wrong. Argh!!! Maybe I was too dehydrated from 3 days of diarhea. Got to drink lots of water man..

Then song was halted, as it couldn't really continue without the tenor and baritone parts. Then the observer started to give comments. Ofcourse all the bad bad bad comments. So sad leh. I know they commented with a good intention, but it still pricked through my heart. The song would have been nicer if only I could carry my part off. It's not that I don't know my part.. I know, been singing in the toilet, and whenever I'm too free. Haiz. Then for "can't help falling in love" it's commented that I sounded too low and was requested to sing it in a finer tone and higher.. but seriously I would really prefer the solo part to be a few notes higher. Last week was praised by ZH for sounding nice for the solo, but i screwed it up today. My voice condition is really creating alot of havoc man.. Anyway, hee I'm ok now la.. haha.. no more hard feelings..heee, just that i usually treat comment seriously..=]

Got to lauch "First aid therapy for my voice" campaign liaoz.. drink more water, more herbal tea, pipagao etc. etc.. hehehe.. Hopefully I can use my voice normally by thurs. hee

After that went for dinner with my choiir folks.. 12 people leh.. haha so many ppl. We went to the LOUSY KFC near the CPF buidling, tampines.. It's really lousy loh.. Everything dun have.. only have their leftover kfc curry crunch and cripsy, which i don't like. I ordered the first 3 items all dun have.. so only have to resort to their promotion meal: the curry crunch chicken. Actually I shouldn't be eating that la, given my vocal condition. but hungry la.. Actually I should have to luobing and gang to take-away from Mac and eat in kfc.. haha.. but lazy to walk la.

Dinner with them was fun.. full of laughters and talking and laughing.. haha =P I realised that whenever I wait for 69 with choir.. it's usually a double-decker bus. So heng sia.. Too bad my mum offered to fetch me the past few weeks.. Actually last time I didn't want to go for dinner, it's because I dun wanna take a single-deck bus, which is like so common for 69. Actually it started when I fell when going down a bus and couldn't stand up.. which was like so long ago.. it made me feel unsafe taking bus, especially single-deck ones.. which the steps are much steeper. Very silly right.. I guess you won't understand what I was thinking and feeling la..

Guess it's time to step out of my phobia and join them for dinner for often, since it was fun.. hee=]

Hee, choir going shopping on sat. hee.. Yeah, finally some shopping for me. Hope i won't get tempted to buy alot of things.. Seriously I've many wants now, just that I'm controlling and blocking off alot of them.. But guess i need to get a new slipper soon.. Saw and strap coming out today. Cannot spend too much, next week going kbox with ex classmates, and I hope to save enough money to straighten my hair b4 term starts.. Vain right.. hehe..

Wah.. blogged so much liao.. got to stop.. *finger pls stop typing, brain pls stop recalling* hahahahahahahahahhaha.. Realised that this entry went through a mood swing.. haha.. crazy me..=P

okok.. I wanna get some sleep liao.. its 4.35 A.M nowz, i'm becoming vampire liao.. always sleeping at around dawnbreak.. hee..

Good nite my dear readers...and enjoy your slumber lang =]

I just recovered from diarhea, haha, hopefully I've really recovered. Had been having diarhea for the past 2 days.. first day was the worst of all..Nearly got dehydrated and depleted of strength. Didn't know that diarhea is that bad, guess it's the first time ever i had genuine diarhea, hope it'll be the last one. hehe..
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Realise that no many people read my blog. At least I know that my best friends don't read my blog. So it's mainly read by my choir friends.. hee. Guess my buddies are too busy with their lives. I also realised that my buddies seldom chat with me on msn.. Perhaps coz all guys ba, so dun have the habit of chatting so much online.. somemore all of us were from boys' school. But the good news is whenever we meet up, we really chat and talk about all sorts of things. hee.
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I'm impressed with Elseve Lo'real Smooth intense range of hair care product. It really makes the hair shiny, smooth and less frizzy. I was a religious user of Dove Shampoo, after trying smooth intense, i decided to switch. hehe.

"Purchasing practice: Continously sourcing of new/potential suppliers or products."

after product evaluation and qualification, I've put it into my approved vendor list (AVL, or rather approved personal care list.. haha) and I've selected smooth intense for usage.
haha.. oh man, what am I doing, haha I'm actually practising the theories I've learnt in my previous sem subject, purchasing principles and practice.. haha Guess I'm really too bored..

Lo'real is really expert in marketing man. For the smooth intense campaign, guess they really understand the customers needs and wants, and develop the product and marketing accordingly. The rhetorical question on its labell is also not bad. Straight away identify the problems the targeted customers have with their hair, and provide and brief and clear description of how the shampoo and help solve it. The marketing mix: 4ps (product, price, place,promotion) also ties together nicely. Nice, effective, elegant product, affordable price i would say it's priced quite competitively along other brands, easily accessible as it's distributed throughout most supermarket in singapore and ofcourse nice promotion campaign, just the advertisement is powerful enough.

haha, what am i doing now, practising principles of marketing i took last sem.. haha Seriously, I'm glad that I took Principle of marketing, allowed me to look at the consumer market in a different light..

Guess, I better stop blogging for now... haha If not i'll start to talk about a whole list of subjects i took.. haha

Network marketing (or other variant names) seems to be poping out all over the places. A number of my friends are involved in it. Was even asked to join their companies. which i obviously rejected and didn't care about them anymore..

Recently my best friend also joined a similar company. It left me with mixed feelings. Don't know how to describe la. Happy that he got a job and is happy with the work environment, sad because afraid that he might be taken advantage of by these company's management. Coz the ppl there are really very good in talking, I just don't want him to be the prey in it..

So I tried to do some research about these companies, many forums are actually saying ugly stuff about it.. I believe that there must be bad things ppl experienced that triggered them to post such comments. If there's nothing strong enuff to trigger negative feelings, guess they wouldn't be so free to post comments ba. But still it's their subjective opinions, you have to decide for yourself for its credibility.

I think, subconciously what i'm doing is that i'm trying to persuade my best fren to quit.. It's not that I'm afraid that he'll sell to me, or ask me to join. I seriously never thought of such thing and I trust that he won't recruit me.. It's just that I saw so many people who regreted staying the the company and how ppl got brainwashed after they stay for quite some time, to the point that it's scary, really.. Well, I must agree that I'm against network marketing because i see more cons than pros in it. I'll never be in network marketing coz sales is never my cup of tea. However I'm not totally prejudiced, just that ethical network marketing firm is very few in Singapore. Actually, in business, ethics is seldom the main considerations.

But guess from his standpoint, it might be very disappointing and exasperating that I'm his best friends, but i'm not supporting him completely. Ofcouse it is more desirable for me to go with him than against him. However, I'm really concerned and afraid that he might regret in the future, so i think it is more appropriate for me to express my alternative opinion, which is not trying to psycho him, just expressing my concerns for him. Hope he won;t blame me and hope it will not jeopardise our friendship in any slightest degree..

I sensed that my best friend is quite flared up with me for bringing the topic up time after time. Please dun be pissed with me ok. My intention was to equiped you with information and feedback from a different side, so that you can have a better judgement and make the best decision you deem. It is definately not to pour cold water on you. Anyway, it'll be the very last time I'll talk with him about this sensitive topic liao. He has a mind of his own, and I believe that he can make decisions appropriate with him. Whatever it is, I'll respect his decision and support him.. So good luck brother =]

My main computer is finally fixed.. Cost me $140, because the hard disk is damaged.. I think some stupid horrific virus corrupted the hard disk..that's alot of money.. actually my bro and I share, but i paid $80, and he paid $60.. not fair,, and he still owes me $70( which i think he don't intend to return, haiz). Anyway, I'm happy that the com is fixed.. I scrimp and save money out of the $300 per mth I get and managed to accumulate a sum of money for me to go out play and buy things.. but this goal is dashed partially by the unforseen com problem.. enough said.. haiz..

Saint Seiya's Hades Chapter Sanctuary is so nice. Actually, everything about saint seiya is nice. hehe.. so more pics of saint seiya..=P









haha, that's enough.. =P

Haha, I just love jap anime so much. I'm currently catching Saint Seiya: Hades Chapter Sanctuary on SCV City TV channel 56. It's so nice, I always like saint seiya.. it rox.. some info about this series.. hehe



"Saint Seiya, Shiryu, Hyoga, Shun, and Ikki, who once swayed the world, are coming back with more flaming cosmo!A few days afer the mortal combat with Poseidon, strange ocurrances in the Sancturay mark the beginning of a new turmoil. Hades of Pluto comes back to life from the depth of darknes. Hades' faithful messengers of death, the spectres, assault on Athena to take her life away!! Athena is in crisis!!Can the Gold Saints, Seiya, and the friends save Athena from the hands of Evil?" brief from www.animenfo.com

Air is also very nice.. although it's a little too girlish, but I like it.. the characters are kawaii and the story plot not bad.. I'm starting to get engrossed in it..



"Kunisaki Yukito is a traveller, ever seeking the 'girl in the sky' from a legend passed down in his family. His journey takes him to a small seaside town, where he meets Misuzu, a girl who seems eager to become his friend. A story spanning a thousand years begins to unfold against the background of their peculiar relationship" brief from www.animenfo.com

Hee, that's all for today's blogging =] Anime lovers, try out the 2 anime above ok.. they're really nice =]

Oh no, I think I sounded boastful(hao liao) when i was talkin to my best fren in msn.. He was kiddingly pissed, hope he's really not pissed with me. We were talking about the kaya biz which I rejected la, then suddenly branch to why I was approached, then I said coz that group leader had impression I was the top student in my course (which apparently is not la).. then I went on to explain tt maybe I got all distinctions in a semester and it somehow spread through the school. and i was complaining tt it's getting harder and harder for me to get all distinctions. Think he interpreted that I'm being hao lian.. which is really not my intention, I swear..guess my "message-path" was all wrong.. or maybe I'm just a proud little brat, yuckz, hope not.. hate it man...

*Johnny, If you happen to read this, believe me ok.. I'm really not showing off to you. serious, really really not.. Hope it won't leave a bad impression in you.*

Guess I shall not talk to others about my academic results anymore, my enthusiasm and over-interest in my results always caused me to say wrong things, which is not what I meant. If you all find me spouting too much about results, and if it somehow got on your nerve, pls ask me to shut up ok.. hee I won't be angry one... serious, I need to be controlled... Humility is afterall the best policy.. So what if I have excellent results.. it doesn't really mean anything right.. it's afterall only a measure of my performance, input-output.. tt's all, though i derive satisfaction from it.. haha..

Realize that as we grow older, the topics we talk about are so much more serious. Can't believe that I'm actually chatting about business, career and setting up biz. My friends are all so entreprenuerial, but how come not me.. Actually I think I'm the type who like to work in big big company, having high high post.. haha.. guess it's what ppl call intraprenuership ba.. heee. But of course, if there's a great biz opportunities i find, I'll jump into it... Who wouldn't?

But right now, my aim is to get into university, furthermore, with all the incubation programs and talents and guidance in university, there'll be more biz opportunities there..

Enough blogging.. got to log off.. byez =]

My main desktop computer went bonkers today. Don't really know what happened. It just cannot start. it was ok last night, I was able to shut down nicely. But it failed on me. Probably it's some virus attack. I remembered I was prompted that the service pack 2 was replaced by unknown versions. Weird, I did not even initiate anything to change stuff in my com. It means that I've to spend money repair the computer. Hai, at the time I'm saving hard to buy things.

Right now I'm surviving on the lap top my mum lent me, but it's a loan afterall, how I wish I can have it.. haha. It's a IBM thinkpad, function not bad, speed is considered fast for a pentium 3. But it's all black and it's very heavy, about 3 kg plus. But guess all IBM's laptops are black and most are heavy. I still think tt it's cool, just heavy, Don't think I want to carry such a heavy load to school. I think this ibm was released on 2001. a bit obsolete. The battery can only operate for 30min-1 hour, w/o plugging into the switch, how am i suppose to use it outside, with such a short battery life. haha But I'm still thankful that I've this laptop to substitute the spoilt desktop for the time being. Realised that life will be so boring without computer and internet.. haha

I wish to own the new ACER travelmate, dun know which model, but I saw it at best denki. it's very small and very light, function not sure. But at least I can carry everywhere. Hope my dad will buy for me when I qualify for SMU, or perhaps I should work to buy it after I graduate from poly. Till then, there will be much better and ligher laptops around.. haha

Yesterday went to East Coast with my fren to play water and sun tan.. They play water la, but I stayed onshore.. I'm hydrophobic, and I couldn't move or stand in water.. In fact, after i sat on shore, i can't stand up also.. also cannot move upslope by myself.. My buddies are very nice man.. They dun mind at all.. They carried me up, supported up the slope. They're simply my true frens.

We talk about alot of stuff. from causal topics to serious topics like 10 years down the road kind.. haha..Hehe, when very close frens come together, all with business education one.. really got a lot of stuff to talk about.

Then after that played some pool at Hougang Plaza and had some beers at the coffee shop.. We continue to engage in our fun chat about everything while drinking. I brought up about the Kaya group biz to my fren Alex, think asking him is right, He took part in the NUS entreprenuership competition and got 1st prize leh.really peifu him.. and he just received news tt he got accepted into nus bba yesterday. I told him about the kaya thingy, abt it wining the 1st prize in TP competition, and my evaluation. He told me tt even if the plan may win the competition, it does not mean tt it is feasible in the real market place, and competition focus more on the ideas, analysis and financial models. And no matter how I evaluate the kaya biz, I'm think tt it's not really profitable, feasible but not lucrative and very tough to establish in the market place. For kaya, the most important element is the taste, it might be the only qualities sought after by consumers. Who will care whether is high in cholesterol or whether it has calcium. Seriously I can't imagine kaya without coconut milk (or low in) and low in egg content. I believe tt what makes kaya distinct and popular is the coconut milk and the egg content which make the kaya rich-tasting. Thus the group's kaya, i think the taste will be compromised, furthermore, recipe is cococted by students themselves, dun think it will win the ah ma's recipe.

In terms of competitive advantage, the group also lose out. Others can make kaya to gain economy of scales. Producing quality commercial kaya is more than puting sugar, egg, coconut milk and calcium content. There are also so many many jam company producing kaya, like sinsin. and many coffeeshops and coffe houses like Ya kun. Even my uncle is making it himself.. haha If they want, they can fortified their kaya with vitamins easily, and they would have experts in these. Doing just on the kaya segment is too too small and market is very very saturated..

So I rejected Eugene's offer to join the group. I did my homework before coming to decision one leh.. Who wouldn't want to have their own biz. I just see little potential in the kaya thingy, and apparently I've no interest in kaya industry. Last sem also, I was facinated that I might end up with a company after taking entreprenuership, but endded up in total dismay and disappointment, I really dun want to repeat it again. I rather spend more time on my core and do so well that I 'll secure a place in smu.. Alex ignited the flame in me to try to go for the SMU double degree.=] I wanted to advise them not to do the biz, but dun want la, dun wanna "pour cold water on them" in any biz there's risk involved, hope they find a way to optimize their own market share. Good luck..

Yeah...Just received my results today. I got 3 Z and 2 A. It was unbelievable, I thought I was dreaming.. haha. I got Z for Marketing, LMod and purchasing, A for comskills 2 and entrepreneurship. Really surprised, especially for marketing.. As mentioned in previous blog, I 've to get at least 90 marks for the main exam to get just A. But, think it's moderated ba. Dun think I'm really that Shen(2). Looks like the worry for the past 2 weeks is unnecessary. I seriously thought that I might get 3 Bs leh, not kidding.. coz some 1 paper cannot finish and 1 screwed up in a 35 marks question. Anyway, I'm really blessed. really really very very very very happy and euphoric. =]

Someone from the entrepreneurship group, sorta invited me to join their group. They are doing calcium fortified and low cholesterol Kaya, w/o coconut milk. They even won the first prize in the entrepreneurship competition organized by TP. Right now, they wanna commercialize the kaya and get funding from the ETDF, Entrepreneurship Talent Development Fund, and they need logistic support in the biz planning. At first, it sound like an attractive offer, imagine you might be able to have a company if the "biz" goes well.. still considering.. maybe I shall ask opinions from my buddies tmr.. hehe..

hee.. I think all of my choir seniors(the recent ones =] ) got into university. Congrats to all of you =] So happy for them, hee.. All the more, it motivated to go into U, I mean it strengthen my desire to go, and to ensure that I qualify for U even more. SMU, I'm aimming for you.. haha

The results will be out this fri/sat.. so anxious.. and so scare.. never felt scared receiving results in poly leh..Coz this sem, I felt that I might have screwed up abit in some of the papers, actually ony for LMOD la, the last question, which is 35 marks..hopefully I score full marks or at least 95% for the remaining 65 marks, haha, which i'm quite optimistic.. haha really didn't expect the last question to be 35 marks. (coz I usually look from question 1 to the last sequentially. haha) anyway, it's over, haha.. I just hope I will get an A, I also seriously screwed up in MS last sem, but also ended up with A. Marketing, actually expected a B+, coz the 50% coursework got B only, that TJ boh loh, grade us so loh for project. Haha, If i got A for marketing, means I'm really good in exams. hehe, coz to get A, I've to get at least 90 marks in the exam. Got chance la. Hope i'll be that lucky. For purchasing and cs 2 , really hope I'll get Z.

For this sem, I'm only tolorent enough to receive 2 B+, more than that, I would really cry mah.. No Z is ok, but must have A for the other 3 subjects. Haha, guess I'm just too free. to be thinking of all these. Ok I should stop.. just wait for 2 more days for the revelation. It might not be as bad as I think also. Even if it is, just treat it as a wake-up call, coz for not apparent reasons, I became so slack this sem, maybe coz I'm too complacent ba..

While I was walking around Hougang Mall, I happened to walk into CD Rama.. haha then remembered that got a few albums I wanna buy. A few days ago heard Jones Shi's Firelight (huo guang) on MTV Asia. So so nice. Was immediately attracted to that song. The album was just released in 18 March I think, according to the album cover.. I saw this album at CD Rama, couldn't resist it haha.. Actually there's a few options la.. Lee Hom, JJ Lin's 2nd Heaven (but i've already downloaded some of the songs liao.. haha). Ended up with buying Jones Shi.

It's a good buy, the songs are really nice. It's a chinese rock album i think. They claimed him to be the most gentle Rock singer.. which is a very apt description.. hehe.. All the songs are so nice.. I listen to them over and over again.. but too bad. the notes are so high I can't reach it.. something wrong with my voice recently.. must be all the late-sleeping and heaty food.. hehe..Anyway I'm glad tt i bought this album, so long never buy liao leh.. hehe.. think me go listen to the songs again.. byez=]

Haha, I realized that I've committed alot of silly typing mistakes in my blog entries.. I wonder if it's due to the wireless keyboard I'm using.. The wireless keyboard is not good for fast typing.. it doesn't sense the words well.. sometimes it even switched my words another way round (that's what I suspected) but it's very coolz.. imagine you can move the keyboard whereever you like (provided that sensor can sense it).

Suddenly felt very lonely. I've been staying at home everyday, watching TV and poring over the job search webbies. It's a futile search.. I dun seemed to be able to find a month job.. as usual. There's a few job that requires at least 2 months commitment, but I can only commit at most 1.75 months.. I wonder if I should just send in my resume and tell theml I can only work till 20 may..then if they still want me.. then good=]. If I can't find a suitable job to send in application by this week, I shall stop searching.

Probably I can go borrow some books and read, especially those related to my coming semester's subjects.. to buff up myself for next sem. If no job=no money, then I just don't spend loh.. there's nothing which I must buy now anyway.. just wanna settle my bills.. Think I can just starve myself, and shun(4) bian(4) burn some excess fats. I'm getting fatter and fatter... haha (actually my mum always buy food for me, dun know why she's so scare that I never eat) and save up. Haiz, $300 a month pocketmoney, plus I've to settle my own hp bill is really really not enough. Why can't my dad increase by $50, perhaps I can try asking. haha

I owe about $140 (accumulated bills). I think I can save that amount with 1 month of "poverty" living. haha

Sianz.. Ok I shall go library later.. then go Hougang Mall and walk around (hopefully I won't buy anything).