how long has it been?

yes, i suck. i know that. i should have updated this blog more often. not that i wouldn't like to, but i've been spending quite a bit of time working on my 8 reports to submit (boooooooooo).

its been almost 3 weeks since i last updated this site and i'm sorry to all my friends who bother to check it out. honestly!!

alright, let's move on to a short summary of what's been happening.

besides the usual PROJECTS, i've pretty much been preoccupied with KARAOKES. yes. u saw that. due to all those pressure i've stored up, i had no choice but to turn to karaokes for frequent stress-relieving sessions (cough cough, realli??). just in case u're wondering, i'm in a few karaoke circles, and i'm usually the youngest of them all o_O
now THAT's a huge contrast to the situation in sg whereby i'm usually the eldest...no intended implications though :p some examples of karaokes i've been to are...
1) normal solo karaoke
2) normal karaoke with normal people (5~6)
3) no-genre karaokes with erm, not-so-normal people (60~65 pax)
4) KOBUKURO-only karaoke with FANTASTIC people (~40 pax)
5) super high level karaoke with people who've been singing for years (~15 pax)
6) karaokes that offer vibrato sessions by pros (60~65 pax)

don't u think these sound awesome? especially for 4), whereby the focus aint so much on personal singing skills, but rather, harmonization. u just gotta try it to understand it. like a friend put it, "good harmonization by the other guy makes singing the song easier". i kinda agree with that, but i think it's beyond that. it's like when u sing alone, u are the lead and u paint the whole picture of the song. but when a good partner comes in...he more than makes up for what u lack and while u may be scoring 100 for the song usually, a good partner delicately helps u achieve a score of 120/100. i say delicately because a beautiful partnership will mean that there won't be any clashes while u sing together. for example, a good partnership can result in a realli strong and attractive voice to first make others stay mesmerized and want to listen on. following which, the hidden voice (harmonization) helps to make the singing more complete, in that one will not get tired of listening to you. my way of looking at it is like sushi. let's take for example, the ootoro (fatty tuna belly) sushi. by itself, ootoro is extremely sweet and melts in your mouth, leaving a lasting impression and its extremely high quality can make people save up to savor its heavenly taste. however, it will never taste so great without wasabi. the function of the wasabi is to clear away the oily feeling u get when u consume fatty foods, though as we all know, fish fats are good for us. pt is, the oily feeling makes u get sick of the food, so u can only consume a limited amount. thank goodness for the heavenly combination of wasasbi and ootoro though, because besides that functionality, wasabi also offers a refreshing fragrance that u simply cannot resist. its also really interesting to observe that wasabi alone is almost inedible for most people; while ootoro is fantastic by itself but no real gourmet will recommend for u to eat that ALONE. mmmmmmmmm

ok no more food talk. i don't even know how it got to food. perhaps it's cos Prof Ito of Kwansei Gakuin gave me a treat to really nice food tonight, and i'm getting kinda touched.

off to bed, i be. a fantastic new day awaits!