Group 4 is over!!! 2++ days (tues and thurs and days of preperation) of full on group 4 project for my 2 science subjects is finally done today. photos on facebook! so tired now. being stuck in a room for the entire day working on the same thing for 2 days is not fun! well maybe its better than receiving exam results :/ thats for tomorrow i think. wed was x-country festival, or more like having fun for us, hahaha. i didnt really run. i made a deal with connie to run whenever we were under a shady tree-covered spot, then didnt quite do that towards the end. haha. instep relay was cardboard box race! quite fun hahaha. tuesday night went to watch the PHANTOM OF THE OPERA by ANDREW LlYOD WEBBER! Anthony Warlow (Australian) was the phantom with the white mask but very very handsome voice! here is an ad for everyone to watch it if youre in brisbane!

The Phantom of the Opera

"...the most sumptuous theatrical spectacle." - The Age
"...a musical, a melodrama, a phenomenon, and yes, a masterpiece." - The Herald Sun

Celebrated as the world’s most popular musical of all time, The Phantom of the Opera is returning to QPAC with a spectacular production featuring the country’s original phantom and a local leading lady. In a rare treat for Queensland audiences, Australia’s first Phantom, the extraordinary Anthony Warlow, will perform the lead role for the first time in Brisbane.

The Phantom of the Opera tells the story of a disfigured musical genius known only as ‘The Phantom’ who haunts the depths of the Paris Opera House. Mesmerised by the talents and beauty of a young soprano - Christine, the Phantom lures her as his protégé and falls fiercely in love with her. Unaware of Christine’s love for Raoul, The Phantom’s obsession sets the scene for a dramatic turn of events where jealously, madness and passions collide.

With spectacular sets and more than 230 costumes by international designer, the late Maria Björnson, The Phantom of the Opera contains some of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most famous music, including The Phantom of the Opera and Music of the Night.
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical is based upon the novel Le Fantome De L’Opera by Gaston Leroux.

Note: Anthony Warlow will not be performing on Wednesday and Saturday matinees. Following medical advice, doctor's have advised that Anthony should not perform any more than six performances per week – to do so may damage his voice. The decision to exclude matinees from his schedule is to allow him the maximum recovery time between performances. The role of the Phantom will be shared by Simon Pryce and Roy Weissensteiner at the matinees, both of whom have received audience acclaim for their performances.

(poor guy. if youve watched it before you'll know how the phantom has to scream and cry for Christine...its a rather sad ending. the phantom is a good person but does act immaturely for the love of Christine. poor guy!! his face purges their relationship. but Raoul definitly can sing as well too. just that Warlow definitely appears to have a more mature voice i think.)

Dates/TimesFrom Wed 6 Feb 2008
Pre-Opening Night PerformanceWed 6 to Fri 8 Feb, 7.30pmSat 9 Feb, 1.30pm & 7.30pm
Opening NightSun 10 Feb, 6.00pm
SeasonEvening - Tue to Sat, 7.30pm**Matinee - Wed & Sat, 1.30pmMatinee - Sun, 3.00pm
Tickets (inc. fees)$69.90 to $130.00
Wed Matinee - $69.90 to $89.90Evenings and Sat & Sun Matinees - $79.90 to $130.00*
*Concession prices not available for Fri & Sat evening performances** No alcohol will be available for sale on Good Friday 21 March 2008

Duration2 hours 45 minutes (including 20 min interval)Subject to change without notice
GroupsGreat discounts available for groups.Evenings* and Weekend Matinees - Adult groups of 20+ from only $94.90 per person.Wed Matinee - Adult groups of 20+ from $79.90 per personConcession groups of 20+ from $59.90School groups of 20+ from $49.90.Make an online group booking enquiryor call qtix groups on (07) 3840 7466.
*Group prices are not available for Fri & Sat evening performances

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my brother and i went with our school group of 25 students and 3 staff, we got balcony 2 seats, brother and i right in the middle. we kept leaning forward to see the musician pit: i dont know too much about brass instruments and woodwind and piano/keyboard players were really hard to see from so high up but the string players were definitely very very pro! the violinist is super pro and cellists as well! i could see the inside cellist better than the outside cellist. when any string players get to play the melody its damn nice!! hahaha. i <3>

the boat scene with Christine and the Phantom reminds me of sec 1 MEP days. once we had to form groups and act out a scene from any musical. i cant even rmbr what my group did but definitely rmbr Audrey and Xin Yun's group! They overturned 2 desks and sat in it, rowing the "boat" with recorders as oars xD very very funny!

she's back

im sure mum is the harbinger of all non-fun related things. not to mention mood swings, especially in the form of anger, stress, sorrow, depression...etc. im starting to wish she hasnt come back :/ to be honest i did get used to her not being around because she was still nagging to us on the phone anyway. we were happy/scared on the way to the airport; in the end it was more scared than anything because she refused to smile or say hello when we arrived at the pick-up bay. the first thing she said was "why are you guys late?"
ok...we were a little late because who knows she was going to be so quick with the luggage and customs. she didnt even say hello i miss you all long time no see whatever = = none of us dared to open our mouths as she chucked a fit. ohhh...how fun. after being away from aus for 4 months...this is what we get.
not dwelling on the unpleasant parts of life, or rather trying to resolve 'conflict', dad confronted her today during dinner at Sizzlers at toowong. and basically what happened was she finally realized how great dad was an how sulky she was and that we had to deal with her bad moods while we were the ones having a hard time. i shall digress here...its still a little disturbing & not to mention - daunting.

on the other hand, the good side of today was that my brother and i attended a new youth group at toowong side and it was good. i met a girl from st peter's lutheran college who does the ib as well, only she's ib1 not ib2 like me. which does make all the difference!! haha. oh well, close enough, now the whole "you know you're an IB student when IBers = friends" theory is coming true hahaha. but the other people present were really friendly and nice people too hahaha. hopefully this is a good place to settle (:

this is the point where i shall go...and work on my EE. oh joy. on approximately 2933 words at the moment, another 1067 to go? hahahha what fun. by the way, i realized i am quite proud to be an ib candidate. i really am, most of the time anyway. HAHA.

happy good friday!
i have an unsatisfied krispy kreme craving that was meant to be satisfied yesterday but due to obnoxious EE meeting the donut plan collapsed. cant remember exactly how many hours i spent on the piano today after coming home from good friday service. but not too bad hahaha ended up singing away madly. i am terribly lazy but shall go and bake pandan cake for mum who is COMING HOME TOMORROW!! (thats either a signal for celebration or uh...time to start studying again.) Somehow that reminds me of the road accident i witnessed this morning on the way to church. there were 5 cars stopped on mile platting road leading to the eight mile plains busway. This lady with blood splattered over her face and upper body, was sitting on the island in the middle of the road and another lady was holding her up. in front of them was a crushed piece of blue metal which looked like a door. and the car was just 2 metres away from them, hood crushed inwards, side smashed... damn sad. i dont know what the other cars were doing there though, probably people trying to help. god knows how she rammed her car so badly. the car was on the island too. that was really quite sad...hope they're (car and lady and whomever was involved directly, indirectly) alright now.

thank God for sending his son Jesus to die on the cross for us, ultimately washing away our sins so that we may have a relationship with God. May God bless you all on this glorious day!

exam block is OVER!!
now for long weekend ;D quite happy but when i got home every bit of me starting disintegrating. really hope i dont get sick! well a summary for exams would be: crap! esp chemistry...and english...and maths...then bio...only chinese was like. meh. hahaha :/ went to new youth group thing today. i honestly dont know what to say. i was a bit lost. from an asian's point of view since my brother and i were the only asians there. there was this other grd 10 girl from my sch. but i guess it was just awkward haha.
so its just EE, TOK, CAS documents and Group 4 project till the end of this term hopefully. TOK is probably the most dreaded. its so general, thinking of personal and empirical examples for it is a horrible experience, besides the essay writing. haha.
time to play electone piano and cello this weekend and till the end of term and holidays!

on another note i decided to delte all my posts before august 2006 because after reading them, i realized what i crappy person i was. they were really stuck up which did annoy me hahaha. surprisingly. my apologies to whomever i may have offended!!

and oh yes. my dream for tuesday 18 march - wednesday 19 march.
ms alcron my english teacher was chasing me down grey concrete stairs, the type you find in HDB parking lots. she was after an essay? she kept popping up at the landings of the stairs. it was freaky. it wasnt a mad chase though, it was like she's repeatedly reminding me to do some essay which i really dreaded and i was really lousy at.
and i dont know how that linked to the 2nd part
im at the umat course to take place 7-8 april this year (yet to happen). amanda chu, connie, keith and other peeps were lying in the grass at uq. at least i was lying, and eating and listening to music on my phone. towards the end of the lunch break (??huh i dont even know how the day is structured) connie asks me if my friends could all troop down to my house and have LAKSA. my response was ....uh i cant cook. my dad can. but im not sure if he'd really like to cook big pots of laksa to accomodate everyone. in the end i did imagine 10 or so people in my house walking around and steamy bowls of orange-red spicy laksa. and a not too happy dad but nonetheless he was proud he could cook and everyone was contented.
HAHA (:

to <3 IB or not?

so...what is IB2 like? nearly to the end of term 1 and in the middle of exam blocks i conclude that i am dying. or falling, drowning, whatever. english has been and will always really annoy me, especially after watching rowan polanski's film version of macbeth. the bloody beheaded people and madness and bleeding heads on stakes...enough said. funny how i was really really scared when they made us eng hl people watch it.
adding on to that im also petrified to revise my notes for edgar allen poe's short stories, esp the ones on the Fall of the House of Usher O_O
all these aforementioned factors shall hence lead to the downfall of my english grades. say bye to level 7.
oh and the most dreaded 15minute impromptu english commentary for real ib results to take place term 2 week 4 gives me nightmares and panic attacks.

other than that, also desperate about eating up a year + a term's worth of biology notes...biol term paper 1 and 2 on wed and thurs.
somehow chem and maths arent so much a worry
and mandarin language b. needless to say.

other than that its been...pretty good?
i mean. as long as the bio teacher isnt around, we actually get more serious about bio xD the bio excursion to UQ anatomy labs was fun, apart from the smell of the chemical they kept the wet hearts in, and the thought of countless bacteria living on the various dried up donated human body parts in the museum. and yes. the heads displayed, the eyelashes and eyebrows were still intact. i quite liked the one with the old guy's skull top shaved off to reveal his dried up brain. not in a disgusting way.

i seem to be mastering the art of procrastination so well, just more than a year into the IB. greatly appreciated thanks to the IBO.

cant wait to fly back to singapore already. jc life cant be as bad :D
and yes. mum is finally returning on sat i think, from singapore after a 4 month overseas break???
i am also much anticipating finishing the rest of the term and assignment filled 10 day holiday starting 5 april, then plunging into term 2...
the only highlight of term 2 i can see is the commencement of the long awaited string group and whatever duet things connie and i are going to perform in the eagerness of more CAS hours.

therefore, i shall embrace the rest of the exam block, lasting until good friday (: