For the Love of Music

I’ve been browsing random links on YouTube to find new tracks and artistes for my playlist. My search yielded excellent results, some of which I am compelled to share. :))

Say hello to nu jazz / jazztronic! Jazzy songs fused with addictive electronic beats, much like house music, but better, in my opinion. Some names to check out are Fujii Lena, MAKAI, and Jazztronik. :) Japanesey because I like it that way. One song in particular stands out: Garden of Love by MAKAI ft. Thelma Aoyama. YouTube it. “In my garden of love, you are my blue sky~”

My love for j-urban still remains, though; this genre is recommended for those who love the likes of Ne-yo, Janet Jackson, etc. The ladies to listen to are JAMOSA, Thelma Aoyama, and yoshika. This one song, Soba ni Iru Ne by Thelma Aoyama ft. SoulJa, is really soothing to listen to. JAMOSA is very soulful in her singing and has an unmistakable style. Thelma Aoyama’s voice is amazingly sweet, yet powerful enough when she needs to use it. Her album, DIARY, is a testament to that. I listened to it track-after-track, not inclined to skip anything at all.

So yes. <3 Music.

THE MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE CLUB OF IMU IS HOLDING THE NEXT NOISE AND MOVEMENT VERY SOON! Stay tuned, people!

And last but not least, congratulations guys~ We scrabblers got MEDT1/08 our first gold! (I think) Yay Ashwin, Navin, Siddarth!

YOU raise me up to more than I can be.

Cliche as it may sound, the line from You Raise Me Up holds true for this entire production, A Grand Night For SInging, that I was involved in. Stage fright, shaky voice, shaky legs… All gone the moment the lights lit up the stage. And why? Because of Jesus, my Lord and Saviour. So many prayers covered me, and countless times I found myself just mouthing His name whenever I felt some trepidation creep in. I cannot find words to express how grateful and thankful I am for Him to have raised me up in this manner. Without the Lord’s wings over me, I wouldn’t have sung as well as I did.

So really, the standing ovation we got last night was all for God. :) ALL PRAISE AND GLORY TO GOD!!!

I’m experiencing relief at everything being over, but now I can’t creep around the GINORMOUS backstage of Istana Budaya, our national theater and dream of singing there one day… :P

Aaaand, I want to say a HUGE thank you to EVERYONE who came out to watch and support me during the entire run of the show! Thank you to dad, mum, Twink, Grandma Molly, 3-yee, Yee-ma, Byu-che, Joe, 4-yee & family, Kum-mo & family, Jars of Clay (my cell group!!!), IMU friends (Jon, Jo Ann, Yinn Cher, Rachel, Benedict, Ming Hui, Seng Chye), Aunty Rapizah, the nurse who lent me her Kancil for practice (sorry sorry forgot your nameeee x___x ), SIBKL Worship Arts people (Kenny, Chris & wife, Wei Vern)… and everyone else who came but I didn’t know or see you!!! Sorry if I missed you out, tried to remember everyone I saw! Thank you once again. :D Really made the show happen.

Now it’s back to short nails, neat hair, and socializing in the library. <3

OH IMU.

p/s – I lost track of how many times I got asked if I was sure I wanted to do medicine. Heck yeah! If God calls, you answer. If not, He’ll get you there eventually. :P I’ll take the shorter route, please and thank you.

Empty Jar

I haven’t been able to go to my cell for such a long time. I finally went last week, then I can’t again tomorrow. I really do feel empty inside.

Empty, empty, empty. Hollow.

Got me runnin’ round in circles, hearing all these different voices…

And my clothes feel tight.

Happy adipocytes.

I want to do SO MANY THINGS but I can’t. Have to give it up, and have had to give it up. Bon Odori. Church. Cell group. Time by myself.

I’m frustrated.

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It’s just the hormones again. :)

Nightingale

Dea called me a little songbird today.

I guess I really do feel like one, with the amount of singing I’ve been doing lately! It’s more than I’ve ever done, because even the choir concerts I’ve been in were only for one night, etc. I don’t think I’ve ever done this many musicals/singing arrangements back-to-back and overlapping with each other… <3

I burnt out once, had to recover fast.

Have been neglecting something a lot, lately. Maybe that’s why I have this empty, unsettled, hollow feeling inside of me. Shouldn’t keep spending my time on games and going out, even though I have so much fun doing it. My language suffers–haven’t read a full book in a year. Haven’t written anything creative for a few years.