Mi Lu Bing - Mini Concert!



For those who love music, next month you're gonna have a musical treat! Mi Lu Bing our local band who emerge as SuperBand(season 1) champion in 2006 is gonna bring to us their first ever concert. This is gonna be exciting as Weiqi(MLB's keyboadist) mention that there will be a surprise inside this surprise, and another surprise within the next surprise! Though dunno what he meant, but believe it's gonna be an intresting events with great musics and songs(not just to MLBians but also to those who like musics). Guaranteed fun and surprises when we join the 3 boys for their little concert about the MLB journey, which is the journey that they share with many - Family, friends, mlbians, colleagues...This is a celebrating process, that is still in motion; this interaction between them and all who share the joy in their music. This show is for us.

p.s. Tickets are sold at all sistic outlets now!

Useful Links!

Early bird = $25
Booking Fee = $3

Purchase tickets online via sistic:

http://www.sistic.com.sg/portal/dt?retry=1&dt.windowProvider.targetPortletChannel=JSPTabContainer/sEventsCalendar/Event&eventID=1237262402062&dt.isPortletRequest=true&dt.provider=PortletWindowProcessChannel&dt.containerName=JSPTabContainer/sEventsCalendar&dt.action=process&dt.windowProvider.currentChannelMode=VIEW&dt.window.portletAction=RENDER

Purchase tickets @ any sistic oulets:

http://www.sistic.com.sg/portal/dt?dt.isPortletRequest=true&dt.action=process&dt.provider=PortletWindowProcessChannel&dt.windowProvider.targetPortletChannel=JSPTabContainer/sWhereToBuyTickets/Agent&dt.containerName=JSPTabContainer/sWhereToBuyTickets&dt.windowProvider.currentChannelMode=VIEW&dt.window.portletAction=RENDER

More info about the show:

http://www.esplanade.com/whats_on/programme_info/mi_lu_bing/index.jsp#tabs


How the recital room looks like:

http://www.esplanade.com/about_the_centre/venues/recital_studio/index.jsp


Hope this helps! :)

New Chapter of My Life(by ik)

ROD loh!

It's amazing how time flies.. Been 2 yrs since i was enlisted. I remember my BMT times.. So much fun i had.. in my sweat drenched Number 3s.. all this seemed like yesterday.. i remember how crazy it was under the hot sun.. carrying my duffle bag.. singing army songs "with my water bottle and my buddy and me-ee-eh!"... Thinking of all these is squeezing a tear outa the corner of my eye.. i remember the people that were in my life then.. i remember my bunk.. my bed.. the windows.. the metal cupboards and the padlock that guarded it. i remember the canteen that i had to march there 3 times daily to eat... i remember the route marches - friends cheering "oi! abit more nico! Dun spoil the asmosphere!" I remember cheering my buddy on too "U okies buddy? Common buddy! tahan awhile only 1 wk Sat book out le!".. i remember the brotherhood and man-egoistic feel of my platoon and bunkmates. I remember kiwi-ing my boots to an amazing shine...

I remember ever so vaguely my last camp Nee Soon Camp.. the loading bay.. tar grey clay floors.. walls on 4 corners.. 4th stories HDB storing racks.. i remember the stores.. the dust odor of it.. musky.. ever stuffy though fans kept on... remember the items.. each loaning to one.. the wooden pallets that seemed to be our mini storerooms.. the chatter of crazy campmates.. always kept me occupied and cheerful.. light hearted.. i remember the stressful times which i had to learn to issue stores on my own.. i remember my friends.. whom which we once in awhile hanged out.. ball the daily work stress away.. remember the people who got excited and talk crap at these occasions making a fool of themselves... i remember the encouragements we gave each other once in awhile.. i remember the moody times they had.. i had.. but faded away with each other's company.. i remember the ICTs we did.. some big.. some small and forgetable.. the 1 min fast changes in between stores items.. remember the quarrels we had and resolved.. All good memories.. nothing bad. I remember people who thought me how to cater.. do setup.. thought me lil lessons on the logistics life.. people who thought me more how to treasure people..

All these friends help made a part of who i am now. Wherever u all may be now.. Whatever you all may be doing.. May our paths in life cross.. and if they do.. seeing each other again.. I know it'll be all smiles.. only more.. nothing less.

Miss all of you.
(Honorable Mention: Uncle Joseph,Dai Lo and Zaki)

GigGig

Had a wonderful time yesterday with the boys at the NTU Open House 2009! So glad to see the 3 boys again..it's been so long since i last attend their gigs..feel so contend to see them still recognize and remember me..Thank you Sam,Nic and Weiqi! You guys power la!

So enjoying to hear them on stage again..they sang a total of 3 songs. All 3 rockz! Hahas. Jia you MLB!

Get to see Nic twice in a day while others see only once..had a fun guitar lesson with him today..the most fun lesson i had since the day i became his student(previous lessons had fun too. In fact, all lesson with him are fun! Hahas.). Learnt alot of music theories from him. So much to remember but forgot some along the way too(Sorry Nic!). Looks like i gotta prepare a pen to copy down notes the next time(Sorry Nic,i may have to trouble you to give some recap! Paiseh!)! Also, i'm so glad to know that i've move on to another level from his teachings too..hope i didnt dissapoint him. Nic, i will continue to improve! Will do you proud! Wont let you down!

Meet up with some of my basketball frenz for steamboat too..ate till about 11++pm..about to spent the night out celebrating fren belated birthday at Kbox..back out the last min..due to some sch test on monday..kinda sad..but it's ok..can hang out some other time..right buddies? Reach home about midnight++..damn tired..took a shower..catch a soccer match(Arsenal won 4-0!)..nothing left to do..off to my lala land. Nites! Have a nice weekend ahead!

p.s. Applying Basic Theory for driving test tmr..gotta be busy for the rest of the year. Hope everyone goes smooth for the rest of the months in 2009. Take care!

Knew Myself a LiL Better

Teacher Nic
This post is dedicated to my parents, my mum who loves me dearly, and my dad who believes that I can still make it after countless falls.

Was watching a movie.. when a statement from a conversation hit me hard.

"Life's an Occasion. Rise to it."

It's not that I've not been doing that. Ironically, the issue here is that I've been guilty of standing in applause for it for too long a moment, many a times. People generally worry about money, about bread and butter, but people like me would go hungry for passion and merry making music. Who would be standing upright 10 yrs from now? The grounded people building their careers on generic jobs like accountants, lawyers, engineers.. Or people that Rised up to life and paradigms, living a life of passion and joy which may end overnight?

Maybe it'll not me standing. Maybe I woud end up basking at orchard MRT or do some small run-down pub shows for 50 bucks a night, living off maggi mee to save up to pay the rent and a pack of cigarettes... Bittersweet Smiles on my face. Hidden tears on my pillow that would have dried up by the next morning, leaving nothing but faint marks on that pillow case that would have been unwashed off it's countless tears for god knows since when.

On the bright side... maybe it would be me standing, me leaving a legacy for my kids... that I had made it no matter how hard it took me to get the high ground where I would be standing, that I can have the previledge to say to my son, "Look here, Daddy made it through hardwork and belief son, I know you can live your life to the fullest too, live the dreams you dream, that you can get there. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise."


I'm not questioning my beliefs, my passion, my love for life.

I just question My Own End Point after. Which of the 2 above it would be.

Not backing out, no no. NOT. I'll Rise to the Occasion of Life as I've been doing so. May it treat me well, as I'll applaud it the best I can, Smiles and Sweat on my face, Thorns and Tears in my eyes. Yes. I will Continue moving forward.

Are you rising up today? It's not wrong to sit through your entire life. It can be a joy. Such great joy of simplicity and assurance I had when i was a kid, no worries no troubles. But now as this kid within me grows a lil bigger, his visions have grown too. I'ld risk losing that simplistic joy, to gain a joy unspoken of..

Except only by people like who dream my dream.

This coming Saturday!!

Halo. Just a small reminder.

MLB will have a gig on 14 March '09 bout 11-12pm at the NTU Open House.
If you happen to pass by there on the day itself,do show support for the 3 boys!

(if you're free ya..)

成..成..成..成..成...... 成............熟.

heehee.

ik: see ya there!