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The name is Khairul. Would do fine with Khai or Kerol [kay-roll] - with proper pronunciation that is.

May have caused a traumatic experience to the nurses who were there when I graced the world on the 14th of June, 21 years ago.

I reside at the great eastern side of Singapore. At an estate named after a water containment facility. Go figure!

A left-hander. However, I function more like a right. And sometimes left of course.

Owns a Class 3 driving licence.

Have been playing the saxophone for 8 years. Currently a Baritone Saxophonist in the Philharmonic Youth Winds.

Being and socialising with people occupy whatever free time I might have.

Boredom is sadly pathetic - would be just staring at my ceiling.

And recently, graduated from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts where I pursued a diploma in Arts Management, majoring in Performing Arts.

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Saturday, May 19, 2007
2:43 AM

hey bloggie..

ok there's actually alot of things for me to say in this entry.. wahh!! today can say one of the MOST shiok day of my life man.
tell u that in jus a minute.

ok.. so woke up.. met Zizi at Bedok Banquet to eat. After which decided to go over his place to watch "Nuovo Cinema Paradiso".. YES! that old movie.. so watched it till like 3 plus. went out at around 3:25pm to meet Ogy at Bedok inter. From there, we head down to Dhoby Ghaut via MRT cos ogy wants to buy sth from Yamaha. BUT at the end of it, the thing he was looking for was out of stock i suppose? i dunno.
ANIways, then walked around Plaze Sing, ogy bought a new shoe from the Nike outlet. steady ah ogy.. nice shoe! serious! haha.... hmm.. then went to the basement to have my early dinner. ate BK.
hmm.. u really wanna know wad i ate? OH WELL.. i ate this [well, i seriously cant rmb the name cos it was VERY long].. i know it was a spidey meal.. thats all..
ate.. then after which, we headed down to City Hall via MRT again! and thanks to that trip via MRT my ez-link got dried up.
haha! so... went Raffles City Shopping Center. walked around. went Robinsons to have a look at the sales. Zizi anak org kaya! HAHA! he bought cufflets [is that how u spell it?] for 30bucks after discount [original price=60++?] he then bought this long white sleeve shirt.

ANYHOOS.. at around 6:15pm. Ogy and Zizi had to leave cos Ogy has band pract while Zi has SYO rehearsal. hmm.. so me, not wanting to head home at such an early time decided to head down to Esplanade Library to read.. yes! i DO read.. hmm.. u really wanna know wad i was reading? OH WELL.. i was reading a book about "The Art of Conducting".. :))
while reading, i was listening to Tchaikovsky's pieces. Listened to "1812 Overture".. Listened to "Marche Slave".. Listened to abit of "Little Russian"...
k.. lemme write sth out from wad i read from the book.
those who're not interested, u may Skip Section A.. :D


SECTION A

its from the book i took from the shelf at Esplanade's Library. :)
I'm not gonna type it all out cos its ALOT! so i'll jus type out those i find more relevant.

Section A.1
The conductor who is willing but incapable, on the other hand, is very common. There may be some doubt regarding the good faith of the many mediocre conductors who frequently have to conduct artists far superior to themselves. But nobody will accuse an author of comprising against the success of his own work, and yet there are many composers who unknowingly ruin their best scores because they fancy themselves to be great conductors.

Section A.2
The coonductor must see and hear, he must be resourceful and energetic, he must know the nature and the range of the instruments and be able to read scores. Besides the specific talent whose component qualities he must have other, almost indefinable gifts, without which the invisible contact between him and the performers cannot be established. Lacking these, he cannot transmit his feelings to the players and has no dominating power or guiding influence. He is no longer a director and leader, but simply a time-beater, provided he's able to beat and divide time regularly.

Section A.3
The players must feel what he feels, understands and is moved; then his emotion communicates itself to those whom he conducts. His inner fire warms them, his enthusiasm carries them away, he radiates musical energy. But if he is indifferent and cold, he paralyzes everything around him, like the icebergs floating in the polar sea, whose approach is announced by the sudden cooling of the atmosphere.

END OF SECTION A



and so i was reading those stuffs and when its 8:35pm, i put back the book at its proper place n headed to the roof. bare that in mind, that thru'out me being at the Esplanade, i WAS ALONE. :D
so i was having my ME-time. looking at the view as the wind blows.. on top of that the ambience up there was nice. then sth struck me.. i dun think i wanna say it here cos i dun wan wadever i say be a barrier towards that someone since after we've somehow restored a frenship. I DUN WANNA LOSE ANY FRIENDS. i hope u know who u are. if u'r reading this, I DO cherish this friendship. if YOU're happy, then I'm happy. :)
whatever that's in the past, let it be in the past.
so yah.. i took some pics.
[i'm so so sorry for the NOT-SO-NICE-QUALITY pic] :P

on the rooftop. can u see that huge merry-go-round?

Marina Square, Suntec behind it, The Oriental next to it

yeah. CBD. can u see the brightly lit Fullerton Hotel?

ok after which i walked down to the temporary outdoor stage. there's this singer Juwita Suwito. yeah.. i sat somewhere around the sea there. listened to her sing. DAMN! her singing is GOOD! If u wanna listen to her singing, jus go to this website www.imeem.com and type "Juwita Suwito" under search. you HAVE to be a member in order to listen to the songs. IT's FREE! u can look up for songs there. they even do provide codes for u to put in ur blog template if u wan some music to spice up ur bloggie. STOP USING iWEBmusic! the sound quality suck! :)) IMEEM's the best! haha! am gonna stop promoting that web but seriously, its GOOD!

so yah. back to where i was. the show had some sort of an interval at around 9:30pm. n they did say the performance resumes at 10. so there i was thinking wad shud i do within that half an hour? so.. i decided to walk to Merlion's Park which was jus a 5mins walk.. so yeah.. reached there, then sat at the bench. was enjoying the cold breeze. i shud do this more often. YES! ALONE! below a NOT-SO-NICE-QUALITY pic i took while seating at Merlion's Park..

and so when its nearing 10pm. i made my way back to the stage outside Esplanade n watch the second round of Juwita's performance. this time round, i sat at the seats provided.. lol! then she brought her fren on stage. His name is Liang. oh my gosh.. his singing can make a woman melt and evaporate after that [i'm being lame].. but true.. when he sings, the voice serenades a woman's heart so softly that it actually sounds like flirting. an INDIRECT flirting i suppose. DONT GET WAD I MEAN? forget it.. haha! hmm.. some of the songs they sang was "If I Aint Got You".. "that Aint No Mountain High Enough song".. EARTH WIND AND FIRE.. n honestly speaking, i din get bored at every song they sang cos it was captivating. below are the pics. AGAIN, the NOT-SO-NICE-QUALITY pic. :))


from where i sat.

ZOOM-ed in

while "captivated", i din realise the time. it was 10:40. red [more of orange actually] clouds came in. there were flashes of thunder, so the only sensible thing for me to do at that point of time was to lift my butt off the chair i was sitting on and make my way home. so.. i walked to Fullerton Hotel's bus stop and waited for 196. n yeah.. at the entrance of the hotel i was amazed by the number of cars there were [its not tat many but wait till i say wad car i saw].. so i walk nearer to the carpark cos the bus stop billboard was blocking my view and to my GOD-HEAVEN'S-KNOW-WAD. i saw a LAMBORGHINI!! i saw A LOT OF MERCEDES-BENZ cars! 3 PORSHE CONVERTIBLES...!! oh my.. me.. being a car-freak, decided to snap some of the cars.. i only manage to snap 2 cos my bus arrived when i was snapping on the 2nd pic [porshe].

at the bus stop i was at.

THE NEW MERCEDES BENZ!

BLACK PORSHE. oh my... nice!!

when my bus arrived, i board it. made my way to Bedok Inter. was waiting for 60 but 228 arrived 1st. then made my way home [pretty exhausted] and for god-heaven's know why the hell i decided to go jogging at 12midnight! so geared up. ran at the jogging track across my house. ran 11 laps. on the 11th lap i stopped cos i was having leg cramps. maybe it's due to the long day i had which consist walking most of the time, n on top of that i was pushing it by running.. haha! how dumb! so.. after the 11th lap.. i was walking like an amputated patient. reached home, did some work out then showered.

today din do much though. i did, 11 laps, 20 sit ups, 10 sets of biceps, triceps, torso training n did 30 push-ups.. i was really pushing myself while doing puhh-ups though my arms were weak and all thanks to my dumbness, my arm hurts now. haha! and to AARON FAN YAO HONG.. if you're reading this, i dont work out JUST becouse someone once said i have a nice body ok. i work out cos i wanna keep fit. :))

ok.. then had kaya toast for supper n here i am.. gonna end it here man.. i needa rest. i hafto to be at BN at 8am to take drills.. 8 AM! the time now is 4:24AM! gee.. i needa sleep..

till then..

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