Performances Start

1st of May:

Firstly, Happy Labour Day!! Anyhow, for some us, we still have to get up and work.

Secondly, today marks the 1st Anniversary of MobiMusic studio!!

Thirdly, today also marks a very painful experience I’ve gone through exactly a year ago. The picture is still very clear and funny how it still aches. Thought that I have managed to let it go..(Bitter laugh) How wrong was I~~ Just come to realize that whenever I’m on the plane, I think of you…I remember there was once during that week when I was on the way to work, the song that reminded me of you was playing on the radio and my visions were immediately blurred. Now, (at times) when I pass by that place, that scene would flash through clearly.. Memories~~~ Can’t be erased no matter how hard I try to..Sigh~~

Fourth, thankfully I'm away for work and there are distractions. First of performance and it went ok. We were busy getting ready for the show and busy taking pictures during and after shows. The performers had to perform twice a day for seven (7) days wearing the specific costumes designed as seen from the animation works. Took the opportunity to take pictures of the characters from the animations that I was involved in. Seeing the characters transforming itself into real life regardless of being in person or as mascots was really umm, the feeling is indescribable.



A co-incidence; Formula X (FX), an animation that I had done and involved in for the whole season 1 was ON AIR there. ON AIR in CHINA although just in Guangzhou la at the moment but STILL!!! So ngam, from first episode some more!! After performance, we rushed back to the hotel with Rick and CK (Beam production, the people behind FX). Super elated and just so indescribable la the feeling, really.

Hey, CK and Rick, thanks for standing up for me about me not getting my credits. It’s already on air anyway so I guess it is ok le. Maybe and hopefully better luck next time le ;)

Dinner was fun; laughing and laughing non stop with yummy DESSERTS!!

2nd May:

Finally managed to meet Joey who’s involved in the PANDA animation. We’ve only been keeping in touch via MSN/ Skype. Sweet girl.

Also, we have managed to proved that we are die hard fans/supporters of McDONALD’s. I guess we’ll always stay true to you..(Seriously, I would recommend you their McD if compared to their KFC).

Later during the evening, John 叔叔 took us out for dinner and a walk around. Somewhere near ‘wah po lou'. There, we had our dinner at a small shop called Soon Kee. Again we had 双皮奶 and this was even better!! Taste really smooth. Typing this now makes my mouth watery oredi. We had lotsa interesting local food like 'Teng chai' 粥, cheong fun, ice cream etc. Their coconut and mango ice cream was reli yummy. Very real coconut and mango taste.

Then he took us to a left turn from the busy road we were at and we found ourselves in a place which would just make you feel like you were in the olden days. The place was known as 西关大屋 . John 叔叔 said that area has a history of about 100 years. The feel was just great and I really love it!! Took our own sweet time savouring the place. Saw something very interesting which is a saloon. Check out the place to wash hair ;)




Later on, we took a turn to another turn out, we were back on the busy streets called 下下九 which looked like Petaling Street. Walking further up is called 上下九. These 2 streets are something like Petaling Street, tourist’s attractions with lotsa billboards. Walking towards a square, we saw a few bronze statues and amazingly, two big cans of nin jim pei pa kou and wong lou kat (herbal tea) are to be seen.

Backtracking to Previous Dayzz (Part 3)

Nothing much for these few days for gonna write in 2-3 days one shot ;)

Day 4:

Tried a special dessert from So Chow called 双皮奶 （siong pei nai [canto])..Love it!! Yum Yum Yum Yum. Will wanna eat it again. They can make it cold or hot but I prefer the hot one. Stronger taste and tastier..



Day 5:

Went for rehearsal at the venue but in the end, cancelled cause electricity was not ready.. They used a trailer for stage but of cause will extend it..

Day 6:

Rehearsal day with intruments. Many booths were still not ready and as seen in picture, the stage is still being prepared. Setting up for visual. This day was really tiring. Costume trying in the morning, had breakfast and lunch only at 5pm. Really pissed off and frusfrated but thankfully still Managed to learn anger management.Thank you to those of you who have been there for me although far away..

Went and shop around for some costume stuffs and ended up buying a cap ;) First time buy cap. When buy, buy one which look so artistic =P

Backtracking to Previous Dayzz (Part 3)

Today, I tried many things..Tried out all of Guangzhou's public transport..No no, not all la, Maybe the ones on the road only like their public bus, their Light rail, taxi and their electric tram/bus..Don't know le what's it called..




Tried the KFC here... Tried their grilled chicken burger..Taste? Ermmm, let's just say it doesn't convince me but in order not to waste food, will still swallow it in..




I've been involved and doing animation all along and I've finally get to meet up with some of the people who were involve with the dubbing!! One of them in real life, sounds just like what I hear from the CD whenever I do my work!! Wow Wee!! Ate lotsa good food too~~

Went back to the studio to do some work, curi tulang and capture some pictures with the animation banners while waiting for the artistes to complete their rehearsal and costume fitting then, good food was awaiting for us again..haha




Went for dinner in a restaurant with Centraline people.Tried really YUMMY char siew which will just melt in the mouth~~~ Speaking of it also missing it~~~

I do not usually eat intestines. Forgot what intestines la but I tried this time. Being adventurous. This meal was really experimental cause I seldom eat sashimis and intestines~~


Tried something like prawn sashimi which is not really dead but fainted in a bucket of ice and fish sashimi. The bucket of prawn was placed in front of Anna and suddenly, a prawn started to move and jumped out from the bucket. Shocked me and Anna and sent both of us + Ah Ping screaming. Pretty embarassing cause other people were looking at our table. There were so many prawns left and in the end, we had to play a game by turning the round glass and see where the teapot stops. If it points at a particular person, we have to take one prawn and eat!! Quite sporting and fun people cause if add up everybody, got more than 100-200 years old le ;)

Come to think of it, maybe it is because we're working in the city, therefore there are more interesting food to explore and try..(Appou, writing this part is not to 'gek' you ya~~~haha)

Backtracking to Previous Dayzz (Part 2)

Day 2:

The environment/air here is pretty bad. Hazy and humid. I had trouble breathing on this very day. Probably because not used to the weather yet..That's why we were advised to drink more Leong Cha and water.

Got ready for 1st action but first, we needed to feed our tummy so went to a small little noodle shop. Had Wanton Mee. Big prawn wantons but their noodle is slightly different. No black sauce but yet yummy. Then took the public transport out to Guangzhou city. We took the bus and light rail.



Oh, before I forget to mention, the drivers here especially taxi drivers are really PRO F1 drivers!! They do qualify!!! They'll just fly and overtake the cars as if other cars do not exist!! If the traffic turns yellow, they'll drive even faster. The people here also, just walk and cross the road whenever they like regardless if the pedestrian traffic light is green or red!! But one thing good is that most of them still use the zebra crossing. Most of time, the cars and people are just like about to have accidents but so far, thankfully and AMAZINGLY, there are none. The drivers manage to brake in time!! They should really try out for F1 qualification. ONE WORD: NO LAW!!

As I walked along the bridge towards the light rail, I saw quite a few people who sits by the side selling things like small toys, handphone pouches, dogs, accessories and shoe cleaner. Just a small stool and one small cloth in front of them to place their things.

They have big, wide road and also big, CLEAR signboards. Public transport, Very convinient. However, it just happens that there is a festival here; an import-export exhibition/cultural fest. Not really sure which one though and TAXIS are really difficult to hail!! Many a times it took us 30 Minutes JUST to catch a CAB!! Madness!!



Visited one of their famous road called Beijing Road cause we needed to get some shoes for the show. There was a short street with glasses on it showing the street/road which existed during the Ming, Song and Yuan dynasties. Got to know that the streets then were on a much lower ground.


Tried their McDonald's YAM PIE. Quite yummy!! Many interesting tall buildings and billboards that we seldom see back home.





Passed by the Guang Zhou's TV station (GDTV) whereby there was an advertisement announcing about the animation exhibition which we are attending.

Then we shot straight to the studio (GDTV-Cosmos) to have our 1st try out practise...

By the time, I'm back to the hotel, really tired..

Backtracking to Previous dayzz (Part 1)

Day 1 (Wed):

Prepared to leave off to Hong Kong. Not much of excitement yet though. Not sure why. Spent our time eating at McD, KLIA after checking in. Lepaked, snapped pictures and busy messaging when we were waiting in the waiting room. After boarding the plane,pretty sleepy though but can't seems to sleep. Being attracted by the small TV in front of me kua when in the plane. The service provided were really good although there were no pretty or cute or good looking air stewardess/steward..haha..

Touched down in Hong Kong International Airport around 530pm. Only then did I feel my heart pumping faster... Lotsa people.. Felt really comfortable when I hear most of them speak Cantonese..Weird feeling though. By the time we check out and collect our luggages, it was already about 615pm. Rushed to the bus booths and bought bus tickets up to Guangzhou, China. We had to stop by twice to go through the custom. 1 is to leave Hong Kong and the other custom stop is Shen Zhen..The environment is really busy and bustling!! No time to stop and take pictures also. One word, RUSH!!

(Love the picture of the 3 of us =p)


Really tiring and by the time we reached Guangzhou, it was about 11 sth..Then had to take taxi to another part of the city. Slightly more to the outskirt, Nanhai City.. RMB 80 one trip inclusive of tol RMB10..They'll charge RMB 1 for petrol as well so whenever you take a cab, be prepared to add RMB 1..I find one thing interesting, which is the receipt. Two types, dunno how to explain..so check out the pictures le ;)

The place we checked into is pretty far. About 45 minutes from the city. Interesting part is, it provides many junkies and toilet, CONDOM is provided..So, sendiri fikir la ya ;)

Back to MY ROOTS, GUANGZHOU

My roots where my ancestors are from, Guangzhou. I'm here now in Guangzhou city. Don't know if I'm able to visit my 'village', Dongguan but it's ok I guess. Maybe next time. As time do not allow me to continue at the moment, I'll write again from the beginning when I leave KL.. Till then, missin my family, Milo and friendzzzzzz

Genting

The week past by in a glimpse of an eye...Busy shopping with the songwriters while waiting for them to have their hair cut. Tiring indeed but still bearable. Then friday, it was time to go up to Genting for the singers' rehearsal and performance. One thing that was really worrying was that one of them had a very bad sore throat and was getting worse. However, during the show, all went well. When Jasemaine went up there to perform, I had tears welling up..Dunno why..After the show, we had a hugging session..Really happy and relieved!! Things went well, happily and smoothly!!

The first day, we had big buffet dinner.. Food was really yummy!! Last day oso we had yummy lunch buffet!! Hehe..Did not have a good rest on the first day as the room was really hot and stuffy although we were staying in Genting Hotel. 2nd day was spent chatting till wee in the morning..Siao.. then had to wrap wanton..Aih...but both days we hadst coffee bean session..Drinking ice blended, cold Wind!!

Reached back and had to have dinner with cousin sister liao..Super tired but had fun cause Seafood!! hehe...

Only have 1 more days to go........

Chill.....

Pretty jam pack with work past week. TookMobi songwriter do passport, helped her with her report, animation mixing, took a break by chilling out at Laundry Bar supporting Mobi and ex college frenz performing, watching movie at my place till wee hours, chilling out and catching up on news with my other bunch of friends. Feels good to meet up with them again, laughing at stupid and dumb jokes. Boy, don't I just miss them!!

This week is gonna be busier by visiting Sungeiwang 3 times!!! 3 Mobi Singer-Songwriter will be performing at the 'Ai FM Anniversary' in Genting this coming Saturday, so they'll need prepare; buying clothes, hair-styling so on and so forth.

There's mental stress & super hormone imbalance!!! Sigh..However.............

Next week is gonna be an interesting week for me... What's it about? Yo yo, Check it out, check it out ;)

Yesterday

I intended and have actually planned to write this entry come May but sometimes, things can be unpredictable so,

Last year's punya Yesterday:

I took the courage and took a step into something that I have always been afraid of for the past 4-5 years. Was hoping that it will turn out beautiful and memorable..Those moments were really weird. Questions were always floating in the air but never brought out cause, NO guts kua..Haha..

Yeah, a coward, I am....

This year's punya Yesterday:

I would say I managed to keep up a good job by being happy... Throughout the year, most of the time when I pass by the road driving to work, that particular song and event will flash through at the back of my head..

I've been writing lyrics but only when I am really down but it was never brought out cause, NO guts to show anyone..Haha..

Yeah,again; a coward, I am..

This year's punya yesterday:

A beautiful song was heard similar to the one I wrote and it hurts.....

YESTERDAY................................

Lost~~

What is the feeling of being lost? How would you feel? Why lost? Has it been long term or recently? Some friends have always said to me: "Wah, you see you. You know what you wanna do but me, aih, still lost.."

However, especially recently, at times I feel that I am as lost as them..I'm starting to doubt myself and my decision..Maybe, just maybe because it is a new area of expertise or maybe it is just psychological...Many new things to learn and these learning processes is sometimes jelled with stress but I believe that this something is what I've always wanted to learn and do. Giving up is NOT and will NEVER be the solution cause I believe I'm still very determined to do it.

Never really been in this area of expertise.
Srewed up twice.
Being encouraged.
Being asked to relax.
Being told off nicely.
Being asked if my job is fun and would you still want to continue doing it? The answer is no doubt 'Yes'.

A thank you note to a few of you:

Thank you for giving me a chance.
Thank you for believing in me, Strawbery partners.
Thank you for being there when I screwed up and for the encouragements.
Thank you for STILL believing in me, being my mentor@ partner- teaching me to do things.
Thank you for accompanying me on the phone when I was about to fall asleep while driving back late at night/early morning ;p

Lost, I hope you'll be gone soon~~~~~~~~

My Sunday (1/4/07)

A busy Sunday...

Left back to mum's hometown at 115am and reached at 315am. Went back to "行清".. Been a while since I've visited my granddad and I bought 3 roses before I went back..Had only like an hour's sleep..Aiyo, sooooo early.. Sky still pitch dark when we reached the cemetary site..had to take torchlight!!

Many people were to be seen and the environment was like Chinese New Year. Saw many interesting things which are being burned like new houses, cars, paper money (Hades cash) which looked like Singapore, America, Renminbi currencies..Haha...Long, red fire crackers were lighted and burned!! Reason? I don't know (Shrug) haha..All's done by 845am and on the way back, saw lots of car and there were RELA helpers..Imagine, go visit graveyard oso have to go through JAM!!! but luckily, we did not have to go through it...



Balik, mandi and zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....Halyway sleeping, "The Lyricist" sent an SMS telling us that he MacBook was STOLEN!! and it was only a few days old!! Eyes half opened but surprised, I replied asking him to report but mana tau, he sent back telling me that the police said not to report to them because it is April's Fool day. Go report to your friends instead!!

"Langsat!!!!!!!!!!" (A word I pinjam from my boss)...

Lepak at cuzzie's hse till 330pm and thought I could go home but he kidnapped me to teman him wash his car first..Aih, lucky got his girlfriend and terriers to teman..We were supposed to fetch my grandma as well and he told her that he'll fetch her at 3pm. However, we were at the car wash til 5pm and I was sweating like mad. As though as I was in the sauna!! Meanwhile, my grandma was frantically calling us, my cousins and mum..Afraid that we'll leave her behind..Old lady, what do you expect..Haha

On the way back, got stuck in the jam for 1 hour and I was feeling really restless cause before that, I got a call from my mum telling me that Milo got into a dogfight and was injured.. The other dog was a much larger dog but his mouth was covered in blood. As for Milo, mum said he injured his leg and was looking afraid..Worried, I called up Jean and ask for he help. Thankfully, I have her to treat Milo..

Reached home, had a good look at Milo and took him to the clinic today. His ears was bitten by the other dog. Sigh...One thing about Milo is, he is such a small dog but always growling and fierce towards dogs which are bigger in size than him..Dumb and naughty dog..