29.1.07



we had a lovely weekend trip to warwick this weekend:) The companion was great..i really enjoyed the company of the people who went on the trip with me:) We visited Warwick university, Coventry Town Centre with the coventry market and cathedral, had yummy fudge (esp the rum and raisins ones), a delicious dinner at Nandos (which is a portuguese restaurant and Jo & me topped up our dinner with a yummy mango sherbert), a chilled out time at Glasshouse, a local bar which turned into a club eventually, "interesting" (*grinz) TV shows in the hotel room, ending the day with a comfortable sleep :) On the second day, we visited Warwick castle (yes a castle!!! I was so excited..haha), a small town called leamington and went back to Warwick uni and home sweet home:) I really really enjoyed my trip!! The places we visited were not say fantastic, the castle was rather small and not as grand i've imagined it to be, but the companion was what really mattered!! I could talk comfortably with anyone on the trip and it was really a rather chilled out trip, no rushing, but just taking our time and really enjoying the scenery. Warwick university is so so so different from LSE!! It's a self-sufficient campus university and I would love to study ina place like that..away from all the hustle and bustle..and hectic london:) The towns we've visited are all so laid back and it just made me felt really comfortable. Our hosts are really warm too and they really treated us very well:) As i've visited three universities and towns out of london, the feelings they give me start to get repetitive and maybe it is now time to venture out of UK! But I wouldnt mind taking more trips to other parts of UK too..hee just give me a break from busy London.



I've really enjoyed myself! A lovely midlands weekend, with great companionship, a chilled-out trip and a refreshing treat for myself:) I'm looking forward to more weekend trips!:)




Of cos...How can I go anywhere without all these...





The sad trees..aren't they?


12:26 AM

~innocent always

21.1.07


last week was a really memorable week for me as i had rehearsals every night for excess baggage the musical and last thursday and friday were the actual performance nights..until now i still cant believe that it's over so quickly..and six mths have actually passed since we first met for rehearsals in singapore. It was really a dream come true for many of us esp gerrard and kelvin who came up with the idea and wrote the songs and scripts respectively..it was a dream come true for the main leads esp yangwen who cried at the curtain call..and i was there to witness the scene when she and kelvin, with tearful eyes, hugged each other. That moment was so genuine and touching..i guess i will never forget that moment...it was a dream come true for the swing casts, the sets, the director and us the musicians to be playing in such a wonderful musical. I guess most of us are probably suffering from withdrawal syndromes right now..haha..no more rehearsals and no more beng chye, shimin and elden...i missed the times when we were jamming in the jazz and rock rm in imperial college, when we sang alone with the music as others were playing their parts..every now and then, i still cant stop singing the tunes in the musical.:)





We celebrated the end of the musical with a late night supper at chinatown and a overly priced dinner at a singaporean restaurant called Kiasu. I heard that they are going to make a video of the musical..and i really cant wait to get the videos and the cast photos...i guess it's time to move on..but im sure everyone of us will remember excess baggage the musical.:) Here are a couple of photos taken before and after Friday's show:) Will put up more photos when i receive them:)



clockwise: florrine (the flutist) and me , yangwen and me (the female lead), xinwei (the male lead) gerrard and (the composer and pianist), natalie and me

gangwei (the guitarist) me and ivan (saxophonist) , florrine justin (my partner) and me

florrine and me, guansin and me, me and ian tan, me and shimmie

yiwen and me, ian tan yanneng me and ian cheng, winston and me, me and xinwei

me and yangwen, yanneng guansin and me, yanneng david (the bassist) and me, me and justin

next few weeks wont be free for me either as i have to do the decor stuff for hc nite..and yeah next weekend i'll be going warwick!:) hee..looking forward to the castle and shakespeare's birthplace:)..take care my friends!:)


5:17 PM

~innocent always

12.1.07


this is the first entry of the year..looking at the first entry i made last yr when i was so bogged down by the applications of uni, scholarships, internships, driving tuition, work and uncertainties..i should really be fortunate that now im already realising my dreams of studying overseas in one of the best colleges in the world and immersing myself in so much so much more that i could have never imagined last time...and after which i read all the previous entries in my blog..it's really interesting to read about the different stages of me and they really brought back a lot a lot of fond memories! haha..one entry was about how i was complaining studying has never been so difficult in the past during j2..and that's precisely the feeling i get now sometimes..but i often told my friends that A-levels seemed so much better. Perhaps after we've been thru that stage and looking back then, everything seemed so much easier. Perhaps in a few years time when I start working and when i look thru the blog entries at this stage of my life, i will also be smiling and having the same feeling:)

After reading my previous entries really made me feel very happy..hee..it's really good to reflect and reminisce about the past once in a while..only then can we know how lucky we are now and how much we have changed. I realised that I din blog alot during my A-levels..the number of entries in 2 years was only about 10...guess i was really too bogged down by studying and other stuff or maybe cos i had more friends to talk to in school. The number of entries grew last year when I became more free aft the A-levels...esp during my internship when I could blog nearly everyday cos i had so much free time and was feeling bored..haha..and when i came to london, blogging seemed to have become a weekly event. I guess I will keep it that way..unless i have more free time to spare. But i believe that blogging is really a good way for me to reflect on my life and to update my friends (and family) about me. So from now on, I will try to keep at least one night for me to reflect on what I've been thru the entire week and to remind myself of the beautiful and happy things in life:)

One thing which bothers me alot after reading thru my entries is that I have yet to really grow up. Becoming more mature and emotionally stronger has always been my new year resolution for the past years and yet it seems that I've yet to make it come true (esp the second one). I believe that I have become more mature these few years esp after I've seen so much more about life and have been thru quite alot of tests and uncertainties and life. But it seems like I am still a big step away from being strong (emotionally). ONCE AGAIN, this year I will put it as my new yr resolution and I really hope that by next yr when I look back, I can proudly tell myself that I have taken big steps towards it!:) I am confident it will esp since now I'm away from home.

Since I've mentioned new year resolution, well..i havent really had the time to think about my new yr resolution this yr..esp when I've been quite troubled over certain things at the beginning of the new yr (but everything is all right now:)...maybe i should list some possible ones here:

1. To be STRONGER!


2. To LOVE MYSELF even more, Be HAPPY and GRACIOUS!


(only when i love myself more then i can....)


3. To love those who LOVE me even MORE!


actually that's about all that i have cos I realise that with these 3, i will be able to achieve whatever i want:)

4. Oh ya one more TO STAY HEALTHY!

(im getting to unhealthy! must have more self-control:)

i was feeling really quite depressed when i first came back to london....really really depressed that i thought that my world is going to end...and now i know the reason for it....that is bcos at that point of time i've forgotten about how lucky i am and how so many people love me and treasure me...i've forgotten to be strong, to be happy, to be gracious and to love more!..so from now on...im going to put all the negative thoughts aside...i will constantly remind myself about all the beautiful and happy things which has happened to me and are happening on and around me at this moment. After writing all these.. my heart just feels really really light and happy and I'm smiling as I am typing..it seems like i've taken a big load off my heart and my mind...let's take a look at the beautiful things in life....

this

this


and of cos THESE!!






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