Chicken Rice and Hamster Stories

Went to Boon tiong kee for the above-mentioned for dinner today. I noticed many newspaper cuttings regarding the shop's past and present hung up all over the wall. And i realised many discrepancies among them.

One of the older articles said that the chicken rice was Cantonese (the chicken was supposed to have yellower skin with meat that was less white in colour... compared to Hainanese)... while a newer article mentioned Hainan Chicken Rice instead. In yet another one, the owner refused to reveal his secret recipe except saying that it's got to do with the quality of the chicken... and recently if u guys remember, there's an article which showed the entire recipe for the chicken and the rice.

Anyway, why I am wasting my brain cells remembering such stupid stuff... hmm... have I ever told u about my hamster?

Well... I had this hamster a few years back which bites whenever I tried playing with it. That's not the main point though... in fact, its quite a sad story. Well... apparently it started losing appetite and was just lazing around the entire day... not like its usual self, where it will run the wheel, climb the sides of the cage or roll about in its bath tub. One fine day, we decided to bring our dear hamster to the vet. I didn't go though... it was my Dad, Mum, Sis and hamster who went. From what I heard, it was kindof weird when they got there cos everyone had dogs or cats in their laps... while my family... they had a hamster in a cage. Anyway, the hamster finally got to see the vet and upon examination, he made the diagnosis of jaundice. Management? Put the hamster to sleep. Hmm... sadly that was what happened, and that was the end of our furry friend.

I was thinking whether the vet went through the the pre-hepatic, hepatic and post-hepatic causes of jaundice (hepatic = liver btw). I mean, maybe he could have operated on our hamster and cleared the obstruction which was causing the jaundice... or resected a section of the liver which was sick etc etc... I think I'm thinking too much. Anyway, I'm thinking of getting a new hamster now... heh... hopefully this new one will not bite, if I do get one that is...

Random post

Sorry for the once a month post... im caught up in studying nowadays.

anyway, another song i found... really funny... viets are copycats!
http://music.yeucahat.com/listen.php?s=18760 - jay zhou

http://music.yeucahat.com/listen.php?s=14410 - JJ lin's jiang nan in the background of a rap

http://music.yeucahat.com/listen.php?s=8474 - JJ lin

for the last 2 songs... pls bear with the messy rap and hip hop squeaky DJ spins at the beginning. Haha... enjoy!

James Blunt

hmm... long time no post... too busy studying and doing shit. anyways...
http://msninconcert.msn.com/music/JamesBlunt/en-sg/artist.aspx

scroll down the list and click on 10. 'Goodbye My Lover'. Old but really nice and sad song. He really looked pretty sad singing the song... o well... I'm going to steal his new album from my sis soon.

Lust, Caution

Boycott the nc-16 one pls... it is the China version of this movie... zzz
Being a more open society vs increasing profits. Promoting arts vs increasing profits. Everything is in terms of profits. What a dumbass world we live in.

Whatever it is, it seems like they won though, cos' "Lust, Caution" was the no. 1 movie in Singapore the last time I read the papers. Stupid sh*t.

Paul sings Nessun Dorma

I think everyone should take a look at this clip. It had been posted on the medsoc blog as well. It's really funny to see the change in the judges' facial expression from that of "ya... here we go again... opera zzz... will slam him jia lat jia lat" to that of awe. My hair stands up everytime I watch this, and I watch this once everyday! =p

Boston Brass

I went for the "Philharmonic Winds meets Boston Brass" concert at the Esplanade with Shuwen yesterday. Wasn't supposed to go in the 1st place... Huijun had too much stuff to finish (I'd assume setting papers and doing some sai gan again...) and so I took her place.

I must comment that the 5 members of the Boston Brass were amazing. I was exceptionally impressed with the trumpeteer... he was able to reach incredibly high notes with ease, and with such beautiful tone as well. The horn player was very powerful too... he sounded like 3 horns put together. Oh... and the tubist was like running up and down the scale with ease in all the pieces; and the euphonium/trombone player sounded like me when he played the euphonium, mellow and warm. =p Juz kidding. They sure did captivate the audience with every piece they played and with their sense of humor. I do hope that they will be back to perform again soon.

Well, credit must go to the Philharmonic Winds as well, who played host to the magnificent 5. From my last post, you should know that I enjoy performing. However, I hate listening to symphonic band concerts because I feel that most of the pieces played are boring... fun to play, sucks to listen, if you know what I mean. That wasn't exactly the case last night, though I initially thought it would be, especially with pieces such as " Rienzi Overture", "Symphony for Band (Symphony No. 6)" which has 4 movements ...zzz..., "Tam O' Shanter" and "Redline Tango", all of which were unheard of by the amateurish me. The pieces were on the contrary, pretty exciting, and all in all, it was a good concert.

Yep... Lionel and Zhiwei, good job!

Old photos

I was browsing thru some of my photos which I had stored in my laptop and I chanced across these... I was performing for NTU symphonic band at the esplanade and this pic was taken during the intermission. I thought everyone in the pic looked great and happy and without worries except for the pimple which appeared on my forehead the day before the concert.

Sighz... sometimes I really miss playing or performing in a band. O well... hopefully in the future, regardless of how busy I may become, I will still get a chance to do so.