Tuesday, June 21, 2005
National Geographic has this Genographic Project going on about finding out our ancesters through tracing of dna. And the public can participate in this too, anyone anywhere. Haiz....it's actually quite cool to know who are likely to be ur ancestors and trace your family roots. But all good things come with a price, only the rich can do. Maybe not exactly must be real rich lah unless you can part with S$200+. At least dream can right?
https://www5.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/index.html
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Thursday, June 16, 2005
If I don't make it to the July intake of Sydney University.......10 things I wun miss out
1) I don't miss my graduation ceremony
2) I don't miss the wackiness of the DimSum Dollies
3) I don't miss Snow.Wolf.Lake musical
4) I might even be joining Aikido class
5) My dental appointments continue
6) My guzheng lessons continue, can even throw in 1 performace and go for grade 2 exam
7) Still continue to catch HK dramas
8) Catch up with friends
9) Continue with gaming regularly
10) Enjoy National Day Parade once more
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Tuesday, June 14, 2005
The 1.90 DIY Rabbit And The 2.95 Cuter Rabbit
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Thursday, June 09, 2005
Sanrio Dream Party
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11:28 pm |
My Melody
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11:28 pm |
I finished reading an amazing biography of how a peasant boy who overcame all odds from a life of poverty in communist China to become one of the most successful ballet dancers.
In this book, Mao’s Last Dancer is Li Cunxin’s biography. His early childhood was spent in Qingtao together with his grandmother, parents and 6 other brothers. Life was tough and difficult with insufficient food to go around and endless meals of yam. One day, he was lucky to be picked to study at Madam Mao’s The Beijing Dance Academy for 7 years to hone his ballet, martial arts and philosophy arts which inculcate the teachings of communism in his teens. Cunxin’s sheer determination and perseverance in practicing with all the available time he had into ballet. Besides that, he had to deal with the constant emotional burden of his family’s improvished lifes back in Qingtao that make a significant impact on him to succeed. After the fall of communism, he was one of the two lucky students to spend 6 weeks in America in Houston Ballet and it opened his mind about the freedom he could have, not possible in China. The second time he went to America, he created quite a stir as he married an American girl named Elizabeth and didn’t want to go back to China. He suffered an ordeal in those days he was locked in a room in the Chinese Consulate and constantly interrogated by the officers. Charles Foster was a lawyer who helped him out and Cunxin became a Chinese citizen who defected to America. After that, his life turned for the better as a dancer who won many competitions and staging successful performances. After more than 15 years leaving China, he was able to visit his family again. Now, he lives contentedly with his wife and three children in Australia.
I happen to chance this book in Bukit Merah library. The title Mao’s Last Dancer, was intriguing. I was quite surprised that in those communism days, art could actually be possible but not without restrictions though. From Li Cunxin’s account, I could felt for him for his tough life as compared to mine, living in a comfortable environment of a middle class family. His struggle for a breakthrough in his life to escape being a lowly peasant was his constant determination and perseverance that I really admired a lot. Come to think about it, we are blessed to live in a democratic country where we can pursue our dreams and hopes. Even though it’s a rat race outside.
If you have time, read this book. I’m sure you will enjoy it as much as I do.
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12:19 am |
Saturday, June 04, 2005
My guzheng!!
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12:44 am |
My Panasonic FX7 Top view
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My Panasonic FX7 Back view
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My Panasonic FX7 Front View
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12:41 am |
Those Fredericka and Casey momo cats
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Friday, June 03, 2005
Last 3 days, I had been receiving things. 2 items and 1 letter.
On wed, I received Li Leng's belated birthday present, handphone cover and 2 hp accessories with cute hand sewed cats. It's those Frederick Casey momo cats. There was also a calender that caught my eye. This calender has individual numbers from 1 to 30 on button size stick ons that are valcroed to the board. Every month, you have to adjust the dates according to the days. And you can mark in red for important days. Such simple invention doesn't come cheap at $49.90. Its actually quite cool to have a reusable calender that can use pass through any millenium bug. Haha...silence...didn't get it har? Ok, nevermind.
Then thurs, I went to the PC Show in Expo and received a wonderful gift. Before I went to the show, I visited JH at the Motherhood fair next door. She was helping her uncle selling baby toys and clothes. I waited for her as i thought she could visit the PC show with me for awhile. Then came this guy from Prudential explaining to me about savings plan...blah blah...abit sianz listening to him. I was reluctant to give my hp number and JH came to save me. After that, I quickly went off to the PC show. I went enquiring about the laptops and asking some questions like the weight, warranty and features. There was this guy from Toshiba who approached me and say how great Toshiba laptops were and how he used for 4 years during his school days. He went on and on and didn't say much about the specifications of the laptop! Wah..this guy full of bull shitting. Yawnz...sleepy listening to him. I know Toshiba laptops are well known, don't have to tell me. Spare me the details plz! After 1 hour later, I managed to gather up all the brochures and leaflets from the various brands of laptops. The last booth was the Panasonic booth I went. Ii have a soft spot for the Panasonic FX7 digicam. When it was first released about 6 months ago, I loved it alot because of its huge lcd screen and the sleekness of the camera. I grew excited that my dream product was selling at 699 with extra goodies like a camera cover, extra battery,256mb SD card and a dry box! I quickly smsed my dad about this offer and told me its a good catch and he came down all the way from jurong to meet me up at the expo to purchase this. It was quite surprising that my dad bought it without much consideration. From my understanding his friend bought this camera too few months back and commented that it was good. Another factor was that my dad sort of owed me a birthday gift and my dad is unlike my mom who can't resist such an incredible offer too. With my dad so generous with his offer, I decided to pay half of the camera.
On friday, I finally received a long waited letter from NTU. While I was struggling to open the letter, my heart was beating faster than i can actually anticipated. And.....its a rejection letter. Funny thing was i didn't feel any disappointment or anything. Maybe because my heart's somewhere else le ba. I already did my "homework" and my mom would just have to accept the fact now. I can
now ¦W¥¿¨¥? to go Australia.........
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