The path of learning*

3 Videos that i watch daily before i go to sleep everyday.

Mainly they are the 3 songs nessun dorma, ave maria, and time to say goodbye haha.

Sung by, jose carreras, luciano parvarotti, placido domingo (the 3 tenors), andrea bocelli and sarah brightman.

Thanks to these 3 videos i have been able to learn much on the aspect on classical singing haha. The sound they produce is very eh, fat, rich, mature and vibrato kind. Hmmm, maybe because they are for solo singing. In a choir i guess its different, cause every voice has to blend in so no one can always over sing i guess.

But then again for the overall choir sound to sound gd, the individual singers must be gd first.
Its really interesting what i can learn from them just by hearing, trying to mimic the sound, and observing their body movements. The dropping of jaz, etc, etc haha.

Zzzzzz hope one day i might be able to sound like them!!

The sound is extremely pure but different according to them. Hmmm..howhow??



When he sings the high b flat, he really opens his mouth, not a very wide sideways sound but a very full sound. It sounds extremely heavy yet its not flat. Hmm...it helps that he has a fat body lar, but his throat is really really open. Gd stuff. Haha.



When he sings a very high note for a baritone, he doesnt sound young and strangled, haha he can have vibrato for his high notes leh, awesome stuff!! Hmmm..anoher example of dropping jaw and opening of the throat. Also the lifting of the eyebrows. Interesting sound produced i ll say, its v high yet supported and clear.



Whenall 3 tenors sing the high b flat. It sounds v v mature. Hhahah hopefully one day (soon!!!!!!) i ll be able to use natural voice to sing it. Really amazing man...Once again the dropping of the jaw, and the full support of the diaphragm. Hmm, jose tip toes haha, maybe its some method of reaching it better.

But Luciano stil sounds the best haha. Well hes the fattest of the lot isnt he? Hahaha.



Ahhhh the transition from a chest voice to a high note, drop jaw, raise eye brows, increasing the space in ur upper pellet. Damn gd technique...shall try all these in toilet later haha.

I guess like classical singing is v different form pop, rock, jazz, blues. iTs us a pure sound with no slides in it i guess...oh and some vibrato too. Hahha yup, anyway hope one day i can sound like them haha.

Zzzz need to go dl videos of basses singing.

Abs Galore!!!

After reading Knock knock's post about movies and 300 spartans. I just you know felt so inspired to go research, and really pay tribute to the actors.

Its really wicked to get such monster ABSSS!!!! Seriously speaking, it is really incredible what the fitness instructors in hollywood can do to work miracles to one's body. Dunno about females lol but in the the movie, 300, every single spartan had killer abs.

Seriously, abs to die for.

Rawr.

And without furthur ado..

Lo and behold!!!



Killer abs man!!



Looks familar?? Have i seen this sight before in front of my mirror?? Hahaha jk jk jk jk jk..

But of course there is no point paying tribute to them if i dont try the work out myself right? HAHAHA.......im a dead man...

"300-rep Spartan workout."

(Trust us, 100 reps is plenty hard.) (*2)
It goes like this: Without resting between exercises, Butler performs
25 pullups,
50 deadlifts with 135 pounds,
50 pushups,
50 jumps on a 24-inch box,
50 floor wipers (*3),
50 single-arm clean-and-presses using a 36-pound kettle bell
25 more pullups.

All this, in addition to utilizing other unconventional yet equally taxing training methods, such as tire flipping and gymnastics-style ring training. Sound like hell? It is. In fact, upon receiving his marching orders for a Spartan workout, one of Butler's costars told Twight, "It feels like you just killed my dog."

Well to me..sounds fun =) shall try this soon.

Probably end up paralysed in the gym or something.....

Any takers?

I should be studying* Stupid white boy!!

Ok ok ok ok ok, i always knew that bong was a dog. But this time hes really a real dog.

Confessions of a teenager dog*

He stole* vitamin C tablets when he put stuff back into the HR. Leheng, Cherie SCOLD him!!
He took home a whole packet of leftover free drinks that was meant for the choir, and literally enjoyed it during CNY. For himself and his guests.
He steals my food all the time.

Disadvantages of being a bong.

Stuck with one hair style all your life

White skin. Bwahahaha. I would to exercise my lit skills haha, crap....better not say, terms are just like next week. =( Anyway, from a certain junior bass called kenneth " Wow Bong ur so white u literally blend into the background" Which one?? One may ask, its the white paint of the wall near the baby pool of the school. AHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA.. damn bad lar, actually, no no no, great one there ahahah!!

Ok ok enuff abt on of the dawgs in my life.

Went back to Acsi for a friendly game of J2s v.s J1s. It was suppose to be a friendly match, but as usual. Ok side track, i have this certain theory that when guys play sports right, somehow they just become damn hyped up and really engrossed in one thing only, winning. Thats why like when we play with girls/ against girls, sometimes i pity them cause they, sadly, get hammered as though they were men. Its damn ungentlemanly lar, but oh well whatever it takes to win RIGHT MEN?? Anyway that was what happened in our J1 vs J2 match. They were all guys btw.

I was quite nervous cause i like didnt play for a month already, but still i uses my superior tactics and intelligence to outwit and beat those J1s!! Hahaha, no lar no lar jk jk, the 4 of us just played damn dirty...Seriously i was quite shocked too, the pulling of jerseys, the pushing off using both hands, the fouls we dealt...Ouch man!! It really really damn foul haha, nvm lar do what it takes to win man.

That brings me to another point like, do we become someone us in the heat of the moment? I know i do, only when it comes to sports lar. I remembered one time when it was a 3 on 1 situation under the basket, me being the one lar =), heheh, i shot the ball up
against the 3 noobs!...and i missed. But i got my own rebound and i completely faked my defender, it was great man watching him jump in the wrong direction, but i completely screwed up my shot. Freak freak!! It was really so frustrating......and i cursed damn loud. Sometimes seeing my other side is quite shocking, the cursing and the trash talking. Sigh..

I guess thats the bad part of human nature, when we become so engrossed in the moment example anger, and we express it out in some form, lets say a blog. Its really a taint of what people will think of us i guess. Looking back at what we have posted, maybe i ll ask myself "oh man did i really post that?" Like i said the heat of the moment really makes us lose all of our moral values responsibility, integrity, etc...

Ok thats just some random thoughts..Back to bball haha. Yeah i really played v dirty with my man, dunno why but i always like to mark the center, although im not say v tall....cough* coough* He was this J1 guy that was like 180-185 like that, but i just kept shoving him off balance everytime he got the ball, so literally rendering him useless. Hahaha, kudos to the J1s though they really put up a fun fight, except like they didnt dare to play physical with us cause i think they respected us. Hey it was on that fateful court where i played till my sec school uniform turned brown, but more importantly where i found, as all bballers say, the love for the game. I owned* on that concrete man haha.

Oh yeah the last game J2s were down 9-20, the J1s needed just one more point, but we fought back and won the game 21-20 YES!!!!!!!! Oh man victory was so sweet, haha and i scored the last two balls for us!!! Uber happy =) Just like the NBA man just like the NBA. =)

OH YES YES.... all the J1s had the same comment for me, " are u sure ur in choir? u look like ur in canoeing..." Hahahahaha, my head's feelng pretty big right now haha, fire away at my ego gentlemen!!

The same for choir i guess haha, except i dont play dirty, and it only took 1 year to obtain the same feeling.

Doesn't it really rock when u really give ur best for something, and u get what u want?

All we need is a shot of humour*

Its 1 am. I was doing chem when this mosquito came and bit me on my arm. Spent 5 mins chasing it around the room trying to kill it. Gee it was fun.

CJC rockafella tmr...YESH CANT WAIT FOR IT!!! Moshers and body surfers invited =) Sometimes u just need to let ur hair down, i feel lar.

It been a great week so far, terms are coming, i havent started mugging, my grades are dying, my eyes are tearing, econs is killing. Wow an attempt at poetry eh? Must be my natural tend for literature, hey thats why i take H2 right? Hahaha.

BBq on sat
Basketball competition during late march. (Die i seriously need to train)
SYF
AEWF
A levels

Time is not on my side. I ll give it my best shot though. Zzzz feel really guilty for not really paying attention during G.P class today, sigh, very very very bad. This should not happen again.
Excuses excuses..

After hearing Mariah Carey sing the second last high b on the paino towards the right hand side for o holy night, my jaw just dropped. Incredible. Go watch on youtube, its freaking insane!

DCT: Sometimes God does bless some people with both the looks and the voice
Me: Really meh, i think shes a bit bulky what.
Me: How how?? David??!! Why is it we arent blessed to sing until such an extent? Rawrrr

I could sense the sarcasm and the evilness lurking in his head even though hes all the way from NY. Sarcastic man. (i have certain doubts of the man* part though haha)

DCT: Im on my way there, i dont know about you though.
DCT: ahahahahaahaha

Me: Whatever man. Ouch that was low.

Oh well, u know the saying, keep ur friends close keep ur enemies closer =) Hahaha. Apparently Geoffrey tried singing the high notes of mariah carey. Ouch* Imagining it now* MY EARS MY EARS!!!! I CANT HEAR I CANT HEAR SOMEONE CALL the ambulance!!

LOL.

Sometimes i feel like a 13 year old trapped in a 17 year old's body.
I shall change so i wont ever feel that way. Its wrong i guess, especially when people judge you for their own opinions.


I believe that everyone was born differently but with their each own individual unique talent. I have so yet to find mine, whats urs?

The sacrifices that we make for each other, not ourselves will benefit us all in the end. Its the team that makes me proud of the rectangular badge on my left pectoral everyday, not the position or title. Without the team, i am nothing.

Completely nothing.