Time to start liking my voice. I think

Rather than lament the fact that I don't sound like XXX and YYY simply because I don't have the ability to "unclog" my nose, I've decided to accept the fact that my nose will be permanently clogged, and this is how I will sound like for the rest of my life. A girl who speaks like a guy, but sings like a little girl.

I think it's really hard for people to understand that my voice is JUST LIKE THAT. it's not as if i'm pulling off the nasally act just for kicks. No matter what I do, it will still be like that. So I must learn not to apologise for it anymore and feel insecure because i don't have the "power voice" or the "smooth as silk voice" i always want. I sing in tune, keep in pitch, harmonise on the spot and still sound good at the same time. I can count at least 10 professional singers who can't do that.

If the Bee Gees could get famous with their falsetto voice, why can't I with my nasal voice anyway?

My voice is WEIRD

Two new songs. One weird weird voice.

As an outsider listening to my own voice, I would assume that my speaking voice is relatively high pitched (not horridly high pitched, mind you), but NO! i sound like a GUY when I speak!

So what's going on?!?!?!

Ill be there - Cheryl Chen.mp3 -

Somewhere Out There - Cheryl Chen

mIRC addiction

Back to being an mIRC addict, where most of my time is spent socialising with people, of whom most of them I have not met in my life.

But as I've mentioned before, I love these people. To the core. It's entirely different to act very naturally in front of them and still be encouraged and not shunned by them. I guess that's what love actually means.

Now I wonder how to transfer that trust to my actual "real" life.

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GESL is FINALLY over (well, most of it), and despite the sunburn and the sore legs/arms, I'm happy that it went quite well and the kids seemed to enjoy themselves quite a lot. It also means no more emails, no more meetings, no more typing brainlessly into the computer while trying to stay awake during the late meetings!!!

it was also nice to bond with the GESL group, which i think is more important than anything else. totally totally enjoyed myself. :)

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Finished my lesson plan for pop music. chose rap music and i've learnt my lesson and plan LESS compared to more.

Of course, who can teach rap music in singapore without using "Why u so laidat ah?"!!! hahahaa found a clip on youtube. fantastic!

Catching up

Thanks to kenjo, who went to manila to meet up with the rest of the online peeps, I've spent most of my nights this week just staying up late to bombard facebook with random comments, then moving to mIRC to continue chatting with these people.

It's almost as if I've regressed back to being a teenager again.

And certainly, the mean streak that came with being a teenager was included. sigh. regression might not be good sometimes.

But still, nice fun and laughs with people i've lost contact with, and it's always nice to re-make friends. :)

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more next time. not really in the mood to write. or do anything for that matter. =/

Books and more music

Finished two books during the past 2 days. I'm just so glad that I have time to do something I enjoy much: reading. I'm a serious bookworm. Anyone who has come to my house knows how bookish I can get... And the best part is that I only buy the books that I read more than once.

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Today, I conducted my epic fail Bollywood dance, and it was just FREAKING HILARIOUS to see everyone become my minions during that 5-8 mins. It seriously looked like a Chinese version of Bollywood. Oh man!! Everyone just "screwing the lightbulb" and shaking their booty. Giggles. If only I took a picture... or a video... teehee...

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I don't really know whether it's a good or bad thing that I'm such a weak speaker of Chinese. Obviously, I'm at a HUGE disadvantage in Singapore, simply because majority of Singaporeans are Chinese speakers. At the same time, because of my lack of exposure to the language, I've missed out on the culture, especially the music culture. Ask me how many Chinese songs I know, and I can only count less than 20 of them off the top of my head. That's seriously NOT GOOD... right?

Of course, different people have different backgrounds. Chinese Australians don't really know Chinese traditional songs (based on my experience), so why should I feel out of place and bad about it? My background differs from most Singaporeans as it is, so it should be justifiable reason, right??

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Incoherent blabbing because Sweeny Todd's showing on TV.