Wayne Foo
17
Victoria Junior College

my blog has been officially changed to http://afoolforlife.wordpress.com
see you thr (:

Signing off,10:41 PM
Child of God

WALES TRIP.
at the airport
from left: young, older, oldest. (no offence kakakaka)


these two girls became unglam with their specs on


see. Two Days look good with the wayne smile


cool eye covers(?) bought by lix


Hoho. i tot he was a quiet guy but he actually talked alot throughout the trip. arty farty person he is
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ENGLAND HOLA.
LEEDS UNITED stadium



LEEDS. people live in these boats




an armouries museum in Leeds


chivalrous knights protecting the castle


jian and i were quite bored at the armouries museum so we decided to do sth fun




a mini animal farm with horses and birds near the armories musuem.


OLD TRAFFORD. even though it was just a pass by, i feel super fortunate to see it. it's quite cool to see the second best club in England. you've got to be in North London to see the best. kakakakaka





First night photo at Britannia Hotel. a spooky hotel, but the guys bought some cool dinner from Marks & Spencer and the girls were just eyeing on it.


TWO DAYS in front a cathedral in Chester. we were supposed to be roommates la. sorry keith. at least you're still tall


PREMIER TRAVEL INN. the place where we stayed for 4 or 5 nights. super cool and big rooms with a countryside-like atmosphere.


Sherwin. a spastic girl who happens to have a big sense of hearing. i mean good sense of hearing.


Guin. the biggest penguin in the world


the irony of an ahbeng driving a police car


second night picture. first it was jian's bums, now it's my legs.


cherissa me and sherwin. these are smiles of excitement when the trip's still at the beginning.


the competition stage is colourful and nice



nono. always high, but not so high in terms of height


Sherwin, a girl who loves to take pictures with celebrities such as the one below.


Melodie. she seemed so mature during prayer meetings but its just the opposite elsewhere. hehejk.



Jian. my roommate. first ever roommate to give me a gift - the gift of viruses and bacteria. k la, he took care of lots of miscellaneous stuff in the room. thanks jian.


Isabelle. always wanting to be called ' xiao jie'


May. thats how she smiles



a nice lady who wanted to take a picture with us


LLANGOLLEN. where we competed



see the flags? the Singapore flag was put up to just that it was all red instead of red and white


Cherissa,before the results of open mixed. you'll need an extra jacket if you have to listen to her jokes


some people just go a little out of their mind in wait of the results


LIVERPOOL. that was the start of indulging into shopping and enjoyment after our competition



look what we found in the streets of Liverpool


a group of us in Liverpool


we decided to look at hares and rabbits outside the inn but they ran away when we came. so we decided to camwhore .


eh, that's what camwhore's about isnt it.




we had to take turns to take this pic and May helped took this


the sunset was cool


jian trying to be the next michael jackson



STRATFORD, a town of strong Shakespeare influence cuz he was born there



i guess what they meant was that there's no need to pay to do that kind of stuff


keith me jian hoho and ian outside a stuff-toy shop


some random clock tower in Stratford


proceeded to OXFORD and we went to Christchurch College, where the Grand Hall and Quidditch Pitch of Harry Potter was filmed. Unfortunately we couldn't go in cuz the queue was massively huge and long and we had limited time.




a group of us in Christchurch College


a street in oxford, where you can see smart kids walking around


i love the clouds in england. floaty and nice.


a tube station. no air-conditioning


mel me and guin on a tube to VICTORIA.there's no air-conditioning as well


VICTORIA! we went there on the first night after we reached London



this is nice especially when the rays of sunset were shining on a cathedral in Victoria.


this was taken in Victoria when a plane flew across the sky


BUCKINGHAM PALACE


it's some victorian monument (if im not wrong) in front of Buckingham Palace


i like this picture.


our first group picture in London


ST. JAMES PARK. there are lots of ducks in there.


beautiful view of the PARLIAMENT HOUSE on the left and the LONDON EYE on the right, with the St. James pond as the foreground.


i wonder if it is a pelican cuz it looks like one but it ain't have the fat beaks. all i know is that its enjoying its sun-tanning session at St. James Park.


PARLIAMENT HOUSE.


des guin ling and nono with two policemen and two horses?


HORSE GUARDS guarding the parliament house. They look like they're entering a battle cuz the two rows of horse guards were facing each other.



BIG BEN - one of the reasons why i was looking forward to London. The one and only wonder i've seen out of the seven.



St. Magaret's church. A small chuch beside Westminster Abbey.


WESTMINSTER ABBEY. its a freaking cool place with tombs of late kings and queens. definitely worth 9 pounds to tour inside




guin ling lix and i went to KING'S CROSS STATION, where Harry Potter's 9 3/4 platform was filmed. couldn't find the half trolley and platoform 9 3/4 cuz we didn't really search thoroughly for it.





Nope this pair of sunglasses does not suit me.


went to watch Les Miserables on our second night in London at Queen's Theatre. This musical's my favourite and the cast that night was not bad (:


VICTORIANS.


This is what you do when you wanna camwhore in the middle of nowhere



me guin des nono ling with the magnificent TOWER BRIDGE


TOWER OF LONDON! ( is it? )


guin, ling, nono and des on Tower Bridge


Cool pose, but mine's gay pose.zzz.



The famous LONDON BRIDGE. its just a bridge




St. Paul's Cathedral! 2nd largest in the world. Didn't see much of it cuz we were in a rush and you have to pay to go in.



Power who went to wales excluding hoho


Jialing. she had lots of money to spend during the trip.i should have asked for a treat. haha


Guin


Nono


Desmond. you got to find nono before you can find him. jk haha


Lix, always dun dare to open mouth and smile.


Sherwin


Cedric,my brother.smile more la




I really love this trip.
I may not be as high as the other trips i had, but this trip is certainly the best.
It's not just the enjoyment, its the experience.

1st for Youth, 4th for Folklore, 3rd for Open Mixed.
Given our targets and standard, we have failed. Indeed there are a few external factors which may have contributed to this results, but we got to claim this loss. Ultimately, its us who screwed up on stage, it's us who got this results and i can only say that i'm so proud of this choir.

VJChoir - You are the STAR who have ACCEPTED DEFEAT, who have shown the VICTORIAN SPIRIT. You showed all the other choirs that an ELITE choir is NOT just one who can SING WELL. We are more than that. We are a FAMILY with the EXPERIENCE NO ONE CAN GET ELSEWHERE.
WIN or LOSE, the song ' no man is an island ' stays.
Whether its a TRIUMPH or DEFEAT, we're still a choir.

admit it, its boring to be in a choir which always wins.
Ultimately a strong choir is not one who just triumphs. A strong choir is one who triumphs after defeats. It's really up to you future generations to determine the true strength of the choir.

Special thanks to Mr Kwei for your guidance the past 6 years. Be it TkChoir, Vocal Consort or VjChoir, without you i wouldn't even be in any of these.

It's really fun being together with you all. you know who you are.
God loves you and I love you all too.

Let's just work hard so that we can go to Wales together again. kakakaka

Signing off,9:00 PM
Child of God

1 week.
so long.
already am missing.
some.
sayo.
nara.

Signing off,1:03 AM
Child of God

if i just sit down and think about my studies and how much i have to catch up, i can really break down and cry.
i can't believe this, i can actually cry about studies.

sorry, i think im giving CT2 up.
sorry to my dad especially. sigh.


my family/relatives (mom's side)






Do you know?
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Signing off,11:43 PM
Child of God

oh men. it has been a screeewed week.
what a wrong time to get addicted to dota. been playing it for the past few days.
so, you know, i've been feeling guilty about it and i hate it when i feel that my life's screwed up ( especially when i haven been committing much to God )
so woots, i just uninstalled it. BYE BYE WARCRAFT.

im still contemplating whether i should uninstall all the other games. maybe later i will. haha.

i really hope i can catch up with my study schedule in 2 weeks. with 3 weeks left including 1 week of tokyoing, HAHA. what else can i say.

I WILL TRY TO STUDY.

maybe i should keep looking at this post from time to time as a motivation.
the only vj culture that i don't wanna cultivate is the habit of being a closet mugger/smiling tiger.
i rather be true to myself and my friends. haha. got study means got study. don't have means don't have.

most of my friends are all having tuition. when i reflect upon myself, i feel that i should really go for some tuition. zzz, but i really hate tuition. nightmares of primary school days.
tuition makes me feel as though my life's under control and some kind of routine. the daily routine of school is already killing me. haha.
can i really trust myself that i can do my own independent learning?
tuition, or not? sigh.

frankly speaking,why are we studying?
i'm not studying for my own sake. i realised that i need to get good grades to please my parents.i've been studying for my parents.
yea, its really uber cool to have an honourable job and salary, but what's the use if you're not going to be happy or you're just going to be one arrogant peep.
i rather spend my life in Africa playing with the kids and do community service. i mean, seriously. i need a tan anyway.

for now, i'll just study, not excessively, but just do what a normal student should do, and rest my studies in God. life's so much more fulfilling this way.

lol. what a random post.
really, don't be a closet mugger. that's why i love my s47 clique.

Jesus we're living for Your name
We'll never be ashamed of You

Signing off,6:07 PM
Child of God

This post is for Vjchoir tenors.
To all vjchoir tenors, i believe all year 1 tenors are having their voice lessons so i thought of an idea to post something of use in terms of improving your voice.
This kind of post comes once in a while and i'll inform you if i have any updates. Whatever that i'll be posting is taken from this book called ' The Tenor Voice' by Anthony Russell. I'll try to pass this book around the section as soon as possible so that all of you can print and bind it.
Meanwhile, just bear with it and view it through here first.


Just like how the book starts it, you need to have a mental image and mindset of how you will sound like, and of course, you need to have a proper image of it.

Firstly, whenever you hear a good soloist of your time, and you find it somehow below par, you have to bear in mind that
CRITICSIM SHOULD BE DIRECTED AT THE WAY THEY USE THEIR VOICE AND NOT AT THE VOICE ITSELF.
sorry, when i caps it means its impt, not that im flaring up.

Next, vowels.
The formation of PURE VOWEL takes precedent over all other matters, because they are the basic vocal functions. If you are or starting to have bad vowels, it means that you have some bad habits of singing.
Remember, vowels play a vital role in language and hence the communication to the audience/judges. If you want them to know what you are singing, you have to give pure vowels.
A SINGER MUST BE DETERMINED NOT TO SACRIFICE THE PURITY OF THE VOWEL TO ATTAIN THE PITCH,OR TONAL EFFECT.

Control.
Control can never be over emphasized because no matter what, control cannot be compromised if you want a good quality and/or a good range.
MASTER OVER THE DYNAMICS, RANGE, FLEXIBILITY, AND SHADING, WHICH PERMITS ARTISTIC INTERPRETATION, ARE ALL THE RESULTS OF CONTROL.

Musicianship.
I don't think i need to emphasize alot on this. One way of improving your musicality is to think or imitate a musical instrument that is best suited for the song or passage. If you possess a bad technique, it could well impede the flow of musicality, so be beware of that.


alright, looking at the rest of the book i think its hard for me to explain through blogging.
I need you all to understand and do get this in your head - falsetto is extremely important for tenors.
Start training your falsetto, and use descending falsetto scales. For now, train your falsetto range up to a high C (two octaves above middle C).
It's going to be hard and discouraging as our falsetto will be very weak and airy, but after much practice and effective control of the diaphragm,
YOU WILL BE A HAPPY MAN.

Remember, as each and every one of you is aiming to improve on your quality and range of your voice, do not compromise the blending within the section.Different people need different adjustments to avoid sticking out, so always work on that.

Signing off,8:17 PM
Child of God

i just watched channel 8 news coverage on the china earthquake
although it was short, it touched my heart

it has been 156 hours or so since the earthquake occurred and the rescue team did not give up at all,even though 80 hours was the probable limit to all survivors in the rubble

but guess what, the rescue team found another 63 people
these 63 people were left helpless without food,without water, for more than 4 days.
one of them is a 95 year old woman
and one of them is a 5 year old child. what's even greater is that one of the workers who rescued that child is the father,and the news showed how elated the father was.

there was another case, where the boyfriend stayed beside her for 2 days and 2 nights after she was rescued, and the boyfriend was seen half naked because he took off his shirt to cover her. while the girl laid down with bandage over her eyes, the boyfriend just asked her, whether she would prefer a western style wedding or a chinese one.
i think thats the sweetest thing one would want to receive.

screw media propaganda now. what i saw in the news was real.
those good things that i saw in the news, did not tell me how light-hearted the situation in China has become. it just tells me how precious it is for a small good thing to happen in this disastrous and saddening situation, that even if there's only a tinge of joy found, its a rejoiceful occasion for them.

and more earthquakes happened in China.

i think all these are worth pondering emotionally.

Signing off,10:07 PM
Child of God