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Went for the rehearsal yesterday.. Was suppose to be there by 11am. I thought everything would start on time, but they dragged everything and gave us 便溏 to eat first.
It was only till 1pm that they let us check with the music teachers the key we wanna sing, and to make sure the song was within one minute. When it was my turn, i asked the music teacher which part he advise me to sing. Cause i thought the song "黑色幽默" has a very nice start. And i thought that part has a better build up and i can sing it in a very technical way. But i was also thinking that the chorus have the impact and at last we came to the conclusion of singing the chorus.. As i singing and checking with him, he said i should be able to sing well, which i thought so too. Because i sang it in my own manner and did all the pitching correctly.. So we all gathered and waited for our turn to rehearse on the stage.. I was the first few, and when i went on stage, the contestants begin calling me 周杰论. I never thought i bear any resemblance to him.. But they said they sense the aura. Anyway.. I was joking with them while waiting for the musician teachers to check with each other the key to sing. So i was obvious i wasn't nervous at all. Which surprise me.. I could feel my throat getting drier by the second, i do not know why, like i said, i wasn't nervous, so i assume its the dry ice effect.. When i started to sing, my throat just keeps getting drier and drier.. And since i wasn't used to the feedback of the mic, "meaning, the way my voice is feedback to me" i just had to sing with my feeling.. End up my feeling is singing like Jay Chou... I have been practising this song and singing it in my own unique way for the past few days.. I don't know why i still switch back to singing like him, which was how i would sing that song in the past.. Rehearsal was only allowed to sing twice. Both times i sang like him, and when i got down the stage, obviously i got f*cked by the co producer.. She said we don't need any Jay Chou. I tried to explain myself of course, but it doesn't matter.. I didn't even waited for everyone to finish their rehearsal.. Went back to the hostel and got out again. I wanted to make sure i will be singing my own way on the actual day, which was today..
So today, i was placed 5th.. I thought i had it right this time. I lost all my confidence last night. I was always confident of my vocals.. If i didn't have the rehearsal yesterday, i would say i was confident i would get in today.. when it was my turn to sing, i got on stage. Looked at the judges, i wasn't nervous again. I can't explain why, i know i should be.. When the intro for my song started, i thought back to yesterday's rehearsal, today's show will be shown to everyone, including singaporeans.. I was introduced as a singaporean, so obviously, they would want me to do singapore proud.. This and the fact that i screwed yesterday's rehearsal, made me feel the sudden stress.. When i opened my mouth to sing, i forgot about all that i practised and again followed the way i had been singing that song for years.. Followed the old bloody habit.. Throughout the song, i couldn't concentrate, and because i couldn't hear myself singing properly with the live band drumming behind me, i totally lost my way in the song.. Singing it only because i had to.. When i finished, i just stood there.. Looking at the judges, then the floor, cause i know i screwed it real bad.. I think i went off pitch too.. Im not sure.. But they didn't bother to criticise that. They just said, we're already in the top50.. You shouldn't be imitating anyone anymore.. I wanted to say, the stress of the whole singapore is on me.. I mean, Jinglun had so many singaporeans with him for the first few stages.. If he fail, he's only one singaporean contestants out.. There are others to keep it up.. If i fail, means 星光4 will not have any more singaporean contestants.. And the fact that i screwed yesterday's rehearsal made me even more worried about singing it right.. Of course its all just lame excuses.. Im disappointed with myself.. Won't be blogging anymore.. I will carry on my music path.. Just not on 星光.. Writing songs probably.. Should have asked 小胖 老师 if he would like to hear my demo.. Zzzzz.. Everything wasted.. I know i wasn't well prepared.. Should have put in my effort.. It's over.. Sorry for letting you guys down.. But i will make sure i have my songs on the radio. One Fine Day...

Ok, its not really hilarious but you'll probably laugh about it. Yesterday, this hawker guy was watching olympic at his own foodshop and because he was so excited while supporting his taiwan sportsmen, he made a crude comment when the taiwan sportsmen wasn't doing too well. This comment was heard by a passerby, who just happens to walk past his shop and thought he was taunting him. Passerby got so pissed that he picked up the chopper and actually did manage to do some damage on the poor hawker guy. Lol. Would a comment or even someone just scolding you make you wanna pick up a chopper and chop him? I guess he probably already had a very very lousy day. All the anger bottled inside of him, and he vent it all out at the poor hawker guy. n_n" Saw the graduation of 星光3 on tv just now. Managed to catch myself in there a few times. There was one close up of me, which made me realised my hair looks horrible already. Lol. But i'm advise not to cut it.. Cause it will make that easier for them to give me a makeover if i managed to get into the top 20. Man.. I really dislike my hairstyle.. And i cant wear a cap for every show.. Hmmm.. Gotta sleep early.. Tomorrow gotta be at the studio for rehearsal at 11am, meaning i have to wake up at 8.30am!~ 0.o"

Went for the recording of their graduation show. It was to send them off to their future endeavours while letting the viewers get to know the 4th batch better. For the past 2 days, i had to skip lunch and sit at the wooden bench for at least 5 to 6 hours straight. My butt hurts so badly~! I wanna cry.. Quite a number of us, got called up to introduce ourselves and sing a couple of lines. They had different category to be called up actually. For eg, songwriters, overseas contestants and yuan zhu ming. I was among the overseas contestant, but i went to the toilet when they got on stage, so they proceeded without me. Lol. So it's a good and bad thing. Good that i don't have to sing, cause my throat is still in a bad shape. Bad because it means i lose the chance to shine on stage. At the end of the recording, Jinglun asked why i didn't went to stage to perform. Lol.. ToileT BreaK~! The other 3 overseas contestants who were introduced were all from korea. There is this korean girl who went to PK with the song 回家 during the season3. So the viewers had a strong memory of her previous performance. There were also quite a few contestants who had PK-ed in the season3 but was unsuccessful in their PK. So now you see them in season4. 2 of the contestants who were also introduced, actually had a manager. Both females. And one of them sold 990,000 copies of her CD when she was 9 yrs old.. Apparently the song is very famous, which is sang in their native language. 990,000!!~ We were like OmG! Haha. Ok, so there were quite a big number of strong competitors.. This weekend will have a knock out of another 20 contestants.. Will i make it through.. Songs that i can sing is still not confirmed.. So i will have to wait.. Probably write up an english song for it.. Show them my songwriting skills. Lol. If i suck, too bad. I'm out.. Saturday will be rehearsal, Sunday will be recording.. Good Luck! Peeps!

Sad.. I waited so long for today.. Hoping i would do well and wow the audience.. Instead.. I think it was one of my worse singing of the song 最长的电影.. The phlegm starts acting up in my throat again.. And i keep drinking water and going to the toilet.. Out of the 140 contestants, i was the 89th and i had some waiting to do, so i went to the staircase to warm up my vocals.. The throat got too dry after 2 tries and i decided to give it a rest, hoping it would be much better during the actual singing. When it finally got to my turn, i was looking forward to standing on that stage and nervous too. Unlike the previous seasons where you get your points immediately after your singing, we were told to go on stage with 5 per group. Each taking turns to sing, and once the 5 finished singing, they will decide who goes to the next round. I thought that was pretty good, cause it means that if out of the 5 im the better one, then i stand a pretty good chance. But was i wrong.. In some groups, they rejected all 5 of them.. And there were actually alot of groups that are totally rejected.. It was demoralizing to see that.. When it came to my group, i was quite happy to see they judge it this way too. Cause some of the better singers are in my group, and by this manner of judging, at least i stand a chance to go to the next round. Lol. The mic they use is definitely much heavier than the ones im used to.. When it was my turn to sing, i wasn't as nervous as before.. But the problem was the feedback of the sound system.. I couldn't really hear myself singing that well.. So i just had to go with my instinct.. Sad.. Throat was dry like F*ck! Although i didn't crack, but i felt i didn't sing well at all.. I thought i could wow the audience in the first round.. Instead i wow myself with this lousy performance.. When the 5 of us stood infront of the judge, XiaoLing Laoshi announce that 3 of us made it through to the next round. 2 guys infront of me got in, so left me and Number 90. I was like, ok, so my journery starts and ends today. Lol.. Then when she announce my name, yeah, i gave a pretty shock impression, i totally don't deserve it.. I looked up and saw XiaoLing Laoshi, she smiles and gave me a slight nod of her head.. Maybe she was able to hear that i can still pitch the keys properly and think i deserve another chance.. No, they don't know im singaporean, so i wasn't given a chance base on that.. I hope i start weak and end up very strong! Please throat pls.. Heal up quickly to show your true power!! GgRRrR~!! So in the end, since they rejected too many.. Only 30 were selected out of the 140.. They had to select another 20 from the rest of the 110.. So the top50 is up.. After i was selected, i had to make a small speech to the camera man.. And i actually just wanted to intro myself and stuff.. But he asked me to say, season 3 got Jinglun, Season 4 got me to represent singapore.. Now if i don't do well, i'm sure alot of people will be saying i was trying to wear too big a hat.. Haiz.. Suddenly the pressure is weighing down.. If i don't perform as good as him, i will probably go back to sg a laughing stock.. Anyway there's another problem here.. I'm not sure if im allowed to blog about the show.. Since tomorrow is the graduation show for season3 contestant, which we had to be present for, i'll ask them about it tomorrow.. Gotta rest early for now. Bye peeps! =D

Ahh, this few days was spent in a peaceful and homely manner. The only time i went out and took the MRT, was when i went to Shida Nightmarket to have pizza with Charlie the French, Peter the Canadian and Alex the ABC. Yeah, they were in the same room as me. And we were somehow craving for some pizza. Lol. And just like Harold and Kumar in search for white castle. We were searching for a pizza place named Alikart Pizza, supposingly, one of the best in taipei. But after searching for an hour and a half, we gave up, and decided to get into one of the local pizza house. We ordered ourselves a 10inch pizza each, and i was the slowest to finish them off. Not because i'm the only asian!! Lol. Asian Pride! Its because i had an ulcer on my tongue.. My first time.. WtF! Peter finished first, one slice infront of Charlie. Charlie was one slice infront of Alex and yeah.. You guessed it.. Alex was one slice infront of me.. But i had the biggest appetite! i went to have more snacks, while they were satisfied with what they had. We went back to the hostel, and i dwelled myself into the world of anime and drama series.. I just finished watching the Great Teacher Onizuka. Man.. What a classic.. Now i rememebered why i fell in love with the main actress in that drama.. Her character is so sweet and cute!! OmG!! Nanako Matsushima~!! And the best part out of the movie? The main actor and her got married!! Omg!! Kudos!! I just love such a nice romantic real life story.. To SiaOLiaO, don't you think Vanessa, the pub waitress i was considering before i worked in the pub, looks slightly like her? haiz.. Too bad, she is attached.. And the sad part is, i found out she quit everything, got a daytime job and is happy with her current bf.. Sad!! Lol.. I have come to this conclusion. Figure and looks can never match up to a good character. It definitely turns me on more than anything..
Ok! The encounter with those ah bengs was last night. I couldn't sleep and i thought maybe i should try to sing and warm up my vocals quite a bit before saturday. So i went to this park near my hostel. After getting my vocals warmed up. I headed back to the direction of my hostel. 1 guy with a motor helmet on, and 2 guys walked towards me. Obviously the guy infront with the helmet was the leader, but i didn't know that. I thought they just got off their bikes and that idiot didn't take off his helmet yet. Then when they were almost infront of me, Mr helmet head removed his visor and really took a close look at me. Which actually kinda pissed me off, cause at that moment i was still singing and warming up my vocals. They didn't seem interested in me though, so they walked off, and i was still singing to myself. Walking about 10feet behind them was another few guys. This idiots are more obvious in letting you know they are ah bengs. One of them was carrying a baseball bat, while the other was grabbing on to something at the back of his shirt. The way he tried to conceal it, makes it more obvious. They are definitely noobs in this stuff. Lol. I guess they didn't get to find the prey they were looking for, cause in less than a minute, they were walking behind me. And i was thinking, ok, so now i'm going to be the prey? haha. I remained calm, of course, i mean i'm a black belt karate expert, right? I could probably take them down with my bare hands. Lol. Nono, i'm not a black belt or even a brown belt. Just kidding. hoho. Just when they were getting close to me, they decided to walk at the roadside, because that's where their bikes were parked. Haha. Don't worry guys, if anything happened to me, i won't be blogging about it now. Police cars started to patrol the streets 10mins after they left. And you know what? The police station was just around the corner.. Very close to the place i first met them.. Lol. What the hell..

YEah.. The flight to taiwan was one of the smoothest ride i ever had. And as it was a cloudy day, i get to see the most beautiful cloud formation in my life. If only i had a camera with me this time round.. Such a magnificent view of it, i had. When i reached the hostel, i found out Charlie, the Tom Cruise lookalike is still staying in the same room as before and went to greet him. His chinese vocab is still better than mine. Lol.
Went for the sound test today at their office, the place where i did my audition.. Most of the contestants i saw, are females.. Maybe this season will be the same as the 2nd season, where most of the finalist are girls. Hmm.. I think the only season with more guys than girls is actually season 1. Even season 3 had more girls than guys. Anyway, i had to dress up today the same day i would be dressing on the actual recording, which is the 16th of August. So that they can have my picture taken for some purpose.. While waiting for my turn, i managed to hear quite a number of them sing, its makes me slightly more confident, as the guys i hear are a bit weaker than i had expected.. Some of the girls were pretty amazing though. After i did my sound check, which was pretty fast, as i already knew what to sing and i would be singing in the O key, the keyboard laoshi said i had pretty good key pitch and said i should do quite ok. Since i didn't hear him saying it to others, i assume he was praising me, and maybe see that i would make it quite far. Lol. I really hope so.. I'm quite confident of my voice.. Just that my voice is still not in tip top condition. And the keyboard laoshi could hear that too and recommend i stop singing till the actual day itself.. Just keep thinking of the theory instead of doing the practical stuff. Thats what he said.. So i guess this one week, i would be thinking of how i want to present the song and not be singing at all. The nannies were quite nice to me, since i'm one of the few foreigners. YEah, they are known as the "nai ma" because they will be taking care of us during the competition. I really hope to make it far, please keep your fingers cross for me guys! I gotta go buy a taiwan sim card now.. So i probably wouldn't be using my Sg one.. So if you guys wanna contact me, just do it here, the msn, or friendster. =D

Finally.. The day has come.. 08-08-08.. NO!! I'm not talking about the Beijing Olympics.. Though it happens to be the same day.. Lol.. I'm talking about my journey to taiwan for 星光大道第四屆. Been busy this few days, with my jogging to build up my stamina and trying to get rid of the cough and phlegm. Feeling much better than a few days ago, and my confidence is getting back.. Been watching the performance of the past few seasons, trying to catch the way they judge the contestants.. I was feeling quite stress after i saw the way they judge them.. I couldn't really understand why some got knocked out, while some get to stay. Lol. So after i had my shower just now, i just remind myself to do what i can do and leave the rest in the hands of God. =D
Just finished packing my bags and I really can't wait for the journey to start.. My first big step to my dreams.. OmG!! 16th August will be the first recording. Yes.. I will get to appear on international tv.. Lol. If i screw this up everyone can see it too. Like i said in the previous post, i have only one shot, one opportunity, i will make sure i make the best out of it. =D Just like the movie, Initial D.. I don't have a relationship anymore.. And now i make my choice to focus on my music.. Take Care my dear friends.. 一路向北!

Finally I'm able to tell everyone i made it in something. Yeah. I got selected to participate in 超級星光大道4. Will be going over to Taiwan in a few days to start choosing my songs to sing and then start the recording. Yeah. International Television! Lol. Am so glad i was able to share the news with all my friends at Plush Bar last night. Haha. Some were shock and happy while most expected i was in. WtF!?! They said they never doubt my talent.. Yeah.. Guess it wasn't much of a surprise eh?! Lol. At least they were sincerely happy for me. I got pretty drunk yesterday and headache was getting quite bad... Had to vomit twice to make myself comfortable.. All the red wine, martell and beer. What the hell were they thinking.. Giving me such a multiformity of alcohol.. Nice mixture.. Red wine with martell?! Lol. I was quite shy when they started to sing the birthday song with the mic.. OmG! I had listen to the song being sang for other birthday babies when i was working there, and thought nothing of it, but when it was turn to be sang to me, i felt shy. LOl. I'm really happy that most of my friends were able to share my joy and happiness with me there last night. Thank You Guys! Now its time to really take care of my voice.. No moroe drinking or late nights.. Have to drink cough syrup and honey water regularly to cure my stupid cough and hoarse voice. -.-" I guess my friends will all have to turn to this blog to know how i'm doing in taiwan again. But this time I'm really going over for a cause. To capture my dream of making it in the music industry. Pray to God I'm going to perform well for every performance, and then, even if i lose out in the end, i know i did my best. Thats all that matters.. This is the first time I'm being so serious about something. I'm not going to screw it up. Like Eminem said in his "Lose Yourself" song, if you had one shot one opportunity, to seize everything you ever wanted, one moment, will you capture it or just let it slip? And success is the only motherf*cking option, failure is not! So guys support me morally, thats all i ask. Thanks to Shino for your very expensive gift! I have told you umpteen times, but i guess its not enough. You really didn't have to. =D Time to get prepared, Love you guys! WooT!

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