I forgot to mention in my previous post that I got new frames for myself too! Went to see my optician for an eye check-up, turns out my degree increased slightly. so yeah, i'm at 1,200 for the right, 1,100 for the left. sucks. sigh... but wells, i've got nice new frames for myself. haha~

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JJ talentime last night. it was held at NTU's Nanyang Auditorium this year. so far... aha~ luckily, there's felicia to lead us there and back. bwehehe~ anywayz, they sure made it a grand affair this year. what with the elaborate stage decorations and all. but the sound system wasn't very good. yeah.

anyway, it was alright this year. the dance groups were really nice, save one. idayu's sister's group was really really good, and the best dancer was from that group too. he brought the dance alive. yeah. singing was ok. the english solos still can't compare to the powerhouse vocals of ying peng, eugene and caleb two years ago, but the guy who sang enrique's "bailamos" (sp) was funny. funny in a i-cant-sing-or-dance-well-but-still-try-to kind of way. idayu insists that she can sing better than him. yes yes idayu, i know. haha~ the two female singers were alright. the first one sang "how do i live" by trisha yearwood. good vocals, zero stage presence. the second sang "because of you" by kelly clarkson. her vocals weren't as powerful as the first one, but she had great stage performance. she captured our attention. but well, expectedly, the winner was the one with the voice.

group vocals, garden of eve won! hee~ the only band in that category. they did a song by cranberries, i can't really remember what song cos i was outside for the most part, waiting for miss idayu to arrive. heh~ but the part that i did catch, it was really good! and the singer knew how to entertain the crowd. the other two groups were alright. the guy duo played the guitars while singing. their vocals weren't that bad as well. the female one, not that great in my opinion. like a typical chinese singer (those not that talented ones that are prevalent in the music scene nowadays).

chinese solo, there were 4 contestants. the boy boy won! best singer in my opinion, and he is cute. so there. haha~ also most interesting for that category, he interacted with the audience during the song. so that is good. and he was really comfortable on-stage. another plus. the female one, cannot make it too. her dress was nice though. the other two males were alright.

champion of the champions category, we have eugene ryan from '03 competing! woot! my batch de... haha~ but he got 1st runner up. not bad. at least the winner was a female with great vocals. she's from the '98 batch. yup yup. the other two females, well, they were alright.

dance group, idayu's sis' group won. mutton balls. such a cute name. haha~ yah, they really got the crowd cheering for them. the girl beside me was bouncing up and down in her seat some more. the other dance group which could have given mutton balls a run for their money was the all-girl group, no vowels. they were good. yeah. the last one paled in comparison. they were third.

then there's the special guest performers. mr joseph tan was no surprise, he performs every year. this year though, he sang a chinese and a malay song, and danced. woot! haha~ i overheard someone asking if he was gay. that got the rest of us laughing. hehe~ he is NOT gay. haha~ just erm flexible. haha~ the other teacher that performed cant really sing, but she was a good sport. the guest-of-honour wasn't spared either. he performed songs that related to his growing up times, and the last one he sang being "peng you", which had everyone who knew the song singing along. he was also the one who sabo-ed the principal to go up and sing with him. haha~ funny. then there's ntu's modern jazz dance group, jj's indian dance group and jj's modern dance group.

by the time everything ended, it was 10.40pm. my goodness. so looooong.... by the time i reached home, it was 12mn. gah.


jokers pretending to be sadako.


me! with my new hairdo! hehe~ nice nice?


blurry pic of me, tingren and felicia.


i swear, tr was strangling me when we took this photo.


me and miss idayu.


tr, hanan, me, sadiq n idayu.


those 03a3 peeps with ms lim.


me n the resident chihuahua, jingyi.