Graduated!

I'm officially a university graduate!
After so many years of studying and school going
Finally I can stop thinking about all these and get on with life

Another thing to rejoice (and hence stopped me from updating this blog =P )
was my family's trip to the US for my commencement ceremony, though I was more excited about the trip to the West Coast that followed

We went to Las Vegas, Los Angeles and San Francisco in 10 days!
All 7 of us traveled in a spacious 7-seater and I became the driver
Vegas is full of casinos, Los Angeles nice place and San Francisco great view

And now I'm back in this old Des Moines
Working every day from morning till night
I'm excited for this summer
for there are tonnes of stuff to do, again

It just never stops**

FINALLLLLYYYYYYY

The last day of classes ever....
No more..talak..haBis...玩完...没了
That's it!

I have mixed feelings now...
excited to be done done with school...
But not looking forward to the finals next week.

Susan Boyle - the latest Star (2)

The last video clip was just a introductory video about Susan Boyle, the latest star in town! If you do not know her, she's a 47-year-old, never-been-kissed Scottish woman who were given this expression by an audience;


but got this from Simon Cowell when she sings in Britain's Got Talent;


and also an invitation to sing and record a duet with Elaine Paige, her idol.

"Ever since Susan's appearance on Britain's Got Talent my Radio 2 inbox has been flooded with emails," Paige wrote on her website, "It seems her performance has captured the hearts of everyone who saw it, me included ... it looks like I have competition! Perhaps we should record a duet?" [Guardian]


Here's the full version, for those of you who wants to know more about her!!

Susan Boyle Singer Britains Got Talent 2009 With Lyrics @ Yahoo! Video

Susan Boyle - the latest Star

Susan Boyle Sings on Britain's Got Talent 2009 Episode 1 @ Yahoo! Video

If you haven't seen this, you're really outdated!
Amidst all the news about heroes who sacrificed themselves to save the people, (Philips and Sullenberger etc.), this 47-year-old woman, who has never been kissed and had been laughed at most of her life, is now the latest star.

I like the "dance" she performed at the beginning of her singing.
I get goosebumps everytime I watched the video!

And my finance professor even showed this to us in class!
what does finance have to do with britain's got talent??

Prof's lesson: If she can do it, I'm sure you all can achieve WHATEVER your dreams are once you graduate;

Dave's lesson: If she can do it, I'm sure I could be on that stage one day! (STOP DREAMING)


Don't judge a book by its cover; Don't take a lime for a lemon. =)

April snow

Not this...


But this


It just snowed today
I'm thinking that this would be the last batch of snow before spring really comes
To snow, I'm still the kid who would be excited for snow days
mainly because I come from a tropical country where only man made snow exists
I like go out to the snow and play
mainly because I'm amazed by the snow which feels magical to me
I prefer snowing days to rainy days
just because I still could go out, something not possible when it is raining

I just love snow!
You could call me Snowy.

David Kong World Tour!

One day when we were watching LeeHom's concert, wanye asked:
Have you ever dreamt of having your own concert?

I said: Yes! My whole life have revolved around music so much that it has been one of the goals that I'm working on.

Well, at least, it's still a dream, and a goal. Okay, it's a dream-goal!

It remains a dream for the fact that I am here, stuck in this boring place called Des Moines, still studying now at the age of 20, when most successful performers started their career. And I don't have any special talents that people are willing to pay $100 just to see 2hours of ME. While I don't have a good voice that could touch the hearts of my listeners, my musical instruments skills are average.

Putting it as a goal keeps the dream alive in me! Even though I realized that I'm not gifted with a nice voice, I still believe that it's possible to make up for that by learning.
(Hehheh, pity wanye who has to listen to me singing/whatever-adjective-Simon-Cowell-could-think-of-to-describe-those-bad-singers all the time!)

What about musical instruments? Recently I've decided to pick up guitar and violin after watching LeeHom! Haha...

I think it's wierd for someone who knows music to not aspire to have their own concert one day! I gotta thank my dad and mum, who brought/forced me to learn piano when I was young. They wanted me to have an extra skill for my future, and of course i hope to expand that into bigger dreams!

Would you come to my concert? haha!!

Phone number vs Birthdates

I hardly remember the time when most people still memorizes phone numbers. That's around a decade ago. The rotary dialphone used to be the most trendy gadget to have in every household, or the can-never-be-bigger cellphone usually became a symbol for individuals and business persons. All these does not have the ability to save phone numbers, so the users still had to stick series of 6 or 7 numbers (the number of digits that a typical phone number has at that time) in their head.

Then came the "modern" cell phone that could do more than what is expected. They could save UNLIMITED quantity of phone numbers so that the users could just retrieve them from few press of buttons. No memorizing work needed at all. And if you are anxious to lose the scenic views in life or forget the melody that you just hummed, there's the camera phone with picture and video taking features.

Being a person who has gone through the transition period, I find that the former cultivates a good culture with which human memory gets better. As the number of phone number that you have to memorize increases, your memory power increases. That reflects the amazing brain that we have, one that is not limited by the amount of space available, but the memory space is upgraded every time we try to stuff in more stuff. Nevertheless, I'm a strong proponent of technologies that will help us become more productive.

"You need someone's phone number? I don't remember but my phone has it!"

Similarly, facebook has a feature that reminds you of birthdays in your friends list. Most of the time I remember someone's birth date when I see it in the facebook notification. So I don't remember everyone else's birth date except for a few.

"You want to know someone's birthdate? I don't remember but my facebook has it!"