Being Host...

Well, its my first time hosting a CNY Sch of Biz gambling session for my DBF Friends today, was kind of tiring though, i had to sms alot of people, some people purposely dun want to response, well others simply say see how, or i just woke up or i got last mintue interview that kind of common excues.. this kind of attitude is not well looked upon in my dictionary. Anyways, i managed to get around 12 of my friends to come at 3pm.. before that, i had to make preparations such as buy "Yu Sheng", buy all sort of snackes twisties etc etc, orange juice mixtures and many more junk food at gaint. After which i took the liberity to chill the red wine and the wines glasses in the freezer. After all that, i ..singal handedly took the entire wooden table out to the hall way on my own.. quite impressed with thysefl though hehe. Then i took a short nap before my friends arrived at 3.25pm late as usual.

After i greeted them at the door, they started giving me organes wishing me happy new year that kind of stuff. Interesting.. i dont have any Ang Bao to give them ..hope they dun mind.
Immediately we headed towards the gambling table , move all the junk food away and started playing poker cards. Being host i was given the privilge to start the Black Jack game as the "banker" , of course i lost $$ the 1st 3 rounds.. quite sickening... then after that was uptrend all the way ..won like $27 like that then that astrid won me $8 T_T in just on shot beacause i dared her to put down $4 to challeged me. Then ya.. marjong won $0.50, more black jack, more brigde.. all in all quite fun la. I think overall they had a very good time at my house, cause there were abundance of sweet drinks, junk food, sweets, wine etc etc all FREE. There was even pizza , 2 LARGE pizzas courtesy of my mum. Then we gambled and gambled until about 10.15pm like that...i started asking them to help me keep the tables and chairs and do some cleaning . What surpise me most is.. after all the cleaning.. before they left.. they asked back for thier organes they gave me this afternoon.. im was shocked!!! I said this : " What?! What the point in giving me oranges in the first place if your gona take it back?!" Of course,... my friends explained to me its about the luck thing and its tradition for the chinese to do that.. and i seriously lack our chinese cultures and practices .
Well.. after everything.. after they left.. i needed to do some sweeping and mopping and then suddenly i felt very depressed.. mood swing perhaps, i kept thinking of the inevitable national service thing..in my heart i feel very stressed up and disgusted that im going to serve NS soon.. well well..thats life. However i wished that my friends could say at least a thank you to me for all the effort and food and entertainment i provided. So what if the red wine was abit off its from the company they sent it to me. Just a thank you will make a difference to me man. Anyways.. i hoped i played a good host to them also... now for mroe important stuff.. im going thailand soon with my friends, i pray to God to protect us save and sound as we enjoy ourselves there.. having said that i hope to get an accident there too so i can skip NS lol.. ok ..nothing else to Blog. God please give me direction in life and the strength to survive thru NS.. amen..~ Rex out

Local Talent..

Hiaz.. i just watch " The Dance Floor" yesterday night and was horrified at how the hosts and co-host host the damn show. I mean.. such low standards should not be tolerated on TV, why is it that we are always having lower standards then our America Brothers? Comparing "The Dance Floor" with "So You Think You Can Dance", Amazing Race vs Amazing Race Asia, American Idol vs Singapore Idol.. ya i know.. i watch alot of TV.. but im truely disgusted with the fact that always our standards in Singing, dancing and even hosting have turn out to be inferior to those of America. Take for example that Glen Ong.. dun know WTF he talking during the dance floor, draggy, laughing at his own jokes.. horrible.. and our 1ST singapore Idol..( Btw he is not and will nv be my idol) Tafick Buttisa (some more his name hard to spell) if he ever goes to try out for American idol..sure sure kick out during the prilimary arounds. Aiyo..sing until like FCK. Then that Olianda (look like my cousin) i think she knows she cannot make it , lucky she go advertise her fatness to earn some pocket money. lol.. Back to "The Dance Floor" Wao kao.. i tell u the jugdes also another one, scream and shout like babarians, only li lin knows whats she talking about, some more when it was time to jugde the old couple 3/4 of the judges like took pity on them saying " oh, you reach a rape age" " It takes great effort to be able to dance like that " or " Your my man " WTF.. be honest la.. like Li lin say somthing like this
" DAMN BORING, OLD PEOPLE ARE NOT
SUPPOSED TO DANCER ON TV" lol ..no offence to old people but really you all should just retire dun bother coming on TV and show your slow moves. Go cook somthing for ur grandchildern perhaps.. ;p
Well all is not lost, i heard that the best local talent ever is Stafunie Sun, followed by people like Rain , or Sun Ho somthing like that.. my best buddy like Stafunie Sun beacuse of her breasts .. but i only like her singing nothing more. If only she sings more of english songs that would be great. Hiaz nothing else to blog, just that CNY is coming the Swine Year , i cant invite my Muslim friends cause everything is made of Pork. Luckly im immune to pork, but i seldom eat it cause it will make your lips thick which is scientifically proven by me , what i dread most of CNY is the greesting of relatives, i hate it cause everytime i greet someone they might think i want their Ang Bao only.. plz lor.. i greet cause im forced too and it is also a matter of courtesy. Yes.. im a person who loves $$ but i will not go to a level of begging people for MOney.. damn relatives.. lol .. well these are thoughts to myself. ~Rex out

$$$$$$$$ THE AWARD BOARD $$$$$$$

Gentalmen and Ladies, 2004-2007 School of Business (Singapore Polytechnic) Award List goes out to the following candidates that hav/had or had reasonably impacted my life through out my time in SP. Thanks for everything wheather good or bad. Award winners are to seek me out ( if you ever get to see me ) and collect your $10 from me. And without further ado...
!!!!!!!LET THE AWARD CEREMONY BEGIN!!!!!!!

Best buddy award
Edmund Lee Jun Chen
For being there for me through think and thin, best best friend,
making my time in SB great and asking me to fuck off.

Best female buddy award
Aveline Nuralisum
ITP very good friend/advisor, hopely future business partner /study buddy

Supporting Best buddy award
Lim Zhi Wei
Drum expert, Dota Alx leader,China buddy, lucky bastard, my very good friend

Supporting Best female buddy award
Cynthia Chua
Talk non-stop, good christain, happy girl, FMRP helper , PM leader

Best Competitor and Rivial
Chris Koh Si Wei
Smart, competitive, classrap of 2004, dota buddy

Best supporting Competitor and Rivial
Kris Oh Sz Chet
Cute, Lovely, Brillant, compeititve , my classrap sucessor, very good friend/study buddy

Best quirky, flirting friend
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Lovely to talk to, joke with and share problems with, good listener, lovely girl.

Best good friend
Sharon Tan
CHC introducer, good friend, crazy, kind and earthly person


Best Smoking Friend
Ming Chen
He Smokes only, adventurous, future Everest partner i hope, dota neutral farmer.

Best Daiko Bubby
Ming Zhong and Fernado
Tioman trip, treasury hunt and many more

Best Daiko Junior
Jack
Commited, Loyal, best social person, down to earth

Most Hardworking friend
Faziuls
Write too much, FP project friend, too hard working.

Best Lecturer
Mrs Chua
Most friendly to me. Gave me accounting exam answers and tips ( kIDDING NOT JOKING !!)

Most Scary Lecturer
Ambrose Merandous
Gave me good advise how to suceed in life, MA, Brillant person, super smart love saying Bullshit.

Best Gang Award
ZW, Ed, DR, XM
When out to eat alot of times, talk , play bridge, gossip, steal things , unforgetable gang .

Best Study Group award
Ave and Kris
Suffered together, research alot of shit, PM exam tips, exam saving group




Disclaimer
Efforts to make Names exact have been taken into consideration, the award commencer will not be liable for any breach of litigation arising as such protected under the 14.55 "Freedom of speech act". The recipant , if unstatisfied having thier names stated on this blog , shall inform the award commencer within 7 days of noticing it. The commencer will gladly take it down upon the request of the recipant. Further more , the recipant and the commencer have known or ought to have reasonably known that this entry's solo purpose is to praise those who have impacted the commencer's life in his study life in polytechnic. Any arising deteriment should be brought forward to the commencer immediately without due delay. Other things constant.

My Daiko Life

Alirght. i promised to have the award show after i blog this entry .
My Daiko Life.. hiaz.. and wow.. its been 3 years liao. I been in that club for 3 damn it Years. So much ups and downs. Many quiters and losers. lol.. well well.. a little abit of what ive been thru these few years in that club where the drum beats so loud it wakes up the rain God.

Year 1
When i 1st entered SP.. i was siting at the convention hall.. as they flashed out the pictures of CCAs they have at SP.. somthing caught my eye.. the Daiko group. So i when for the CCA drive and got myself..enlisted.. ;p
Back then I was.. a noob drumer. Really noob.. was taught how to stand "5 O'clock direction" , how to hold the sticks and of course.. how to shout. Training then was diffcult... very diffcult as compared to the ppl in charge now... slack and under disciplined. Back then. the trainers were very fiece, there was this bitch. .. if u remember i wrote on one entry in 2005 that kept scolding me.. say i no stamina to countiue traingin blah blah. lol.. she taught me the daiko style funk.. which i felt like fuck... the president that time told me this : " Ivan once youre good enuff , i 'll let you perform" it was the Misubitsu performance that time, good old days , good memories. Back then there were like 8 guys and 11 gals... my clan was big i really wanted to quit... but i told myself if i can make it these 3 years with them.. its will be my accomplishment.

After a few months...
I got promoted to Assitance Quater master. I was thrown to friday practice with the gals. And then there were ppl like HR, J, XXX,XXX omg.. i forgot thier names liao.. lol...they were the famous F5 guys older then me by one daiko year. Yes some of them thought they learn daiko songs fast.. but they in my opinon lack the basic style. Quite as i was that time.. i didnt mix around much with them.. nor with the seniors. The seniors back then were YZ, ALY,JL,LM those ppl .. treated them " the F-5" like Daiko cream of the crops. Back then .. i remember being treated like an insignificant person.. its like i nv existed when ever i go help them carry drums or go practice or go attend the AGM. Even the gals in my clan were more able to connet with them (Seniors) cause they like to convers in Chinese. Except i remember JW was quite friendly towards me. Other then that.... all treated me like nothing. Then the diease struck ..this diease is called the MIA diease.. slowly one by one fell victim to the MIA diease.. as they slowly disappear.. like 1 - 2 mths nv come.. then come back again..then disappear again for a long time.. then come back again..its like wtf..treat the club like a hotel. Got once my clan the gals one of them .. i think, embrassed to come back..ask the mother to come down with her...to see her train.. disgusting man.. Ya soo .. slowly ..the gals in my clan and the F5 guys began to say bye bye to the club.. it was then ALY started to talk to me.. we both were to learn the old version of DOH... i remembered clearly.. i started interacting with the future committee. And thus i entered year 2 of daiko.

Year 2
After YZ left, ALY became president...and i was PRJ.C cum quater master. My entire clan... gone. Except left me.. i started feeling significant and ppl in the club were talkign to me.. " Of course la.. left me only what.. then what? Talk to the drums arh" lol ... I remembered being tasked to get the New rules up for the club house and its was harvest for the new generation of daiko players.. So like after the CCA drive.. my 1st CCA drive.. we harvest ppl like ZC,MZ,MO,JCK,FURN,LC,XX,XH.. and of course my dear sharon.. once Sharon join my daiko club liao.. i felt more at familar in my club. So ya.. we trained them.. and ALY they all trained me..soo been thru a lot of performances in Year 2.. i really spent alot of time to build up the club... as there were very few senoirs then.. and my clan left only me. I really did alot of stuff like organising, recording down perforamances , going to se Hope, checking Mail box, cleaning up the club house.. all the dirty work the president "ASK" me to do.. and i did it willingly.. its called boot licking.. yes .. i have to confess.. i wanted to be the next president..i really wanted it or the VP position... either positions will make me happy. However, life is always full of surpries.. during my ITP.. i got news that two of my junoirs got the VP, P positions.. Sharon got the QM title and FND got the PRJ.C .. i was reduced to ordinary memeber.. lol..i remembered feeling very betrayed , upset and angry. it was then i really wanted to quit.. but i promised myself to hang on one more year blah. I still havent forgive them though..only time will heal all wounds. Then we enter year 3

Year 3
After the transition.. i told myself to be humble and just contiue to support the club.. as i love drums and performing. So i decided to support the New President... after a few months i began to realise it was a blessing in disguise... end up all the work or rather most of the work were given to the "P" person to do it.. there wasn;t any1 helping him.. organsing, planing every damn thing all give him do..i always thought to myself.. lucky i nv got this kind of responsiblity. hehe..
There were alot of conflict through this year..the P didnt manage things well at 1st, lot of complains from the memebers and from MR E.. Break his drumset soo many times... and it was partly my fault cause i nv guide or assit him the least bit...the alumni had to come down and settle the problem.. lol.. Once the problem was settled.. the MIA dieases come again..some ppl felt they were too left out of the group then quit, some ppl genna insulted then quit, some ppl just quit cause they very lazy to come. I was also surpised that the VP insulted me on her blog (Yes i read ur blog that time).. say what i nv come la.. i nv support them la.. blah X3. I wanted to scold her cause it was going to exam .. i cannot always go back mah.. eventually.. i didn;t la.. i forgave her. Totally forgave her. We even when to tioman .. and i remembered the good times i had with my junoirs. That time will nv be forgotten. We had fun..real fun.. tracking forgest, exploring, snorkleing, JCK eatting then shit after that.. the Rock FALL!! I remembered.. omg.. i missed that time. Ya..soo good things nv last soo long.. FND suddenly quit.. i mean..his one of my good friends.. just quit like that after the DAIKO amazing race. The alumni actually came down, those 3 -4 generations before us.. wanted us to show them our standard.. They were NOT impressed.. i wasn;t surpised. They (Alumnis) even though play like shit.. they had the coolness and the basic technics right.. i was soo happy when the 1st President who founded the club.. priased me for my daiko skills and performance.. he said in chinese " Ni de Da Fa wan de Hun how" Means u played very well .. lol.. Of course.. even though i dun like to shout.. after training for like 3 damn years. my daiko skills is uqiue , basics are all stable, stlye and speed brillant...I have to compliment myself.. as i was the only among those NOOBS!!! got praised.. HUmble plz ivan Humble!!! bUT...
Hiaz. suddenly the P disappoint me again.. purposely avoided and excluded me from the Superstar concert TMD.. i feel damn betrayed.. had can u allow the alumni to take up all the performing position? I specifically told him i was free and was able to perform.. i was soo looking forward to it. Then went i sms him.. he tired to avoid me.. saying what exam crap.. dun want to distrub Blah X4... Omg.. what if i nv sms him at all? He will just leave me guess wheather im performing or not.. sick!!!! Some more say i overact.. =_+; You throw ppl asided when u dun need them.. ANyway i saw the Superstar concert... Pathetic.. and i thought u all will go onto the main stage.. i cannot understand this kind of actions.. well .. i knew some how the Presidents and i dun see eye to eye. Oh well.. goodbye then I graduating soon. I feel i have done all i can, my entity of a Daiko performer has come to an end. I will miss the club house, the drums, Fernado, JACK, the wooden sticks , the small drums...etc etc. Its too bad I and the P have left off on a bad note. I dun see that its my fault..then i will not apologise to him. I had it... its time to move on ... i think i will not attend thier concert blah... the daiko team nv celebrate my Bday b4.. and nv wish me seasonal greetings.. not say i want to complain but .. its good to wish those who supported u for 3 damn years.
and lastly.. even though i dun get a goodbye farewell party like most graduating Daiko members do.. i feel the club itself or rather the spirit of the DAIKO club wishes me all the best in life and many thanks. One day if i rich enuff i'll empoly the daiko team come do an opening performance for my chain of business. hehe..
Thats all i have to record...~REX out

Ps. I have benefited from the Club also
1) I got $2000 thru out this 3 years
2) I recieved the Exellence in service award.. maybe this year also
3) I got to meet lots of famous ppl like Taufik..FAN WOng ..
4) I got to experiance backstage setup and crews
5) I made good friends like MZ, JCK, FRND, JNET, and many more
6) My Kobanda made the song list
7) I got a total of 92 CCA points from there ;] total CCA 145 muhahah