randoms..

quick updates...
CNM camp was a blast... with really fun freshies and councillors around....
got to know a lot of the CNM majors better despite seeing them around school for the past few semesters...

Siewmai outings have been really spontaneous and entertaining.... prata house, esplanade, vivo, random movies, wii at my place, crashing soci camp, etc.

And huiqing and i finally got to meet up with our beloved huilin, whom we kind of lost contact with over the holidays.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIN.

and of course who can forget mich,

the most spontaneous and enthu fren i have met.

can always count on her to play mahjong or poker when we need to make up the numbers :)

or late night movies.... etc.

i don't want my holidays to end.... :

new recording...

i finally decided to get my first proper recording in a very long time...
inspired by daughtry's version of poker face, i decided to do a version of my own too :)

you can listen to it on www.myspace.com/johnkhoocm :)

massive mahjong + wii + guitar heroes

had loads of fun yesterday.
met up with chonghui, yushu, gimseong, josheen for a crazy session of wii at 1am, followed by mahjong thru the night.
we ended at 10am. and we kept on going.
continued with guitar heroes, and wii again.
before heading to Zhou's kitchen to eat a 12 buck buffet.

i dont remember ever staying up for so long (i dont even do that in camps)
hahaa...

photos to be uploaded when josheen uploads them (which probably wld take damn long)
and yea, i found a jamming/singing buddy in chonghui.
he can like harmonize! :)

siewmai is making my life alot more exciting than it already is...
i remember those mundane routines of teaching music, choir, and den goin home to play my games, before headin out to chill at night.
at least its a lot more exciting now. alot more spontaneous...
spontaneous movies at night wiv chipang and sarah and huiqing, etc.

Action number 3.

its not about how loud you cheer, or how crazy and enthusiastic you are...
or how much you're willing to give up and die for the house.

rather, its about the tight friendship bonds u foster throughout the experience,
and the fact that u know that you have a bunch of friends who will stick with you throughout your university life.

A successful leader, is one who earns the respect of everyone around them.
One who is able to blend in and assist a complete group of strangers into being a group of close knitted friends.

looking back,
i'm feeling kinda sad... and guilty...
why spoil this for the freshies?
they are simply freshmen who are waiting to embark on the next three years of their university lifes...
freshmen who just simply want to enjoy themselves...

i know it, cause i was once a freshman.

CNM camp was a blast.

a totally new feeling being OGL in a camp free of stress.

with a superb group of fun freshies...

and of course superb councillors like andy and yeening...

sometimes i wonder if people around me should start growing up with little.

like hello.

whats the use of having politics in orientation camps?

oh well...

counting down to meeting up with the siewmais again for o week...

and of course, just a couple of wks to the opening of school...

i'm feeling emo all of a sudden.
and this sucks.

perfect imperfections...

two random words came to my mind yesterday night.

the idea of "perfect imperfections"...

its an irony how we go round searchin for the perfect one.

the right one....

when the most perfect one, is the one that isn't all that perfect at all.

2 years.

2 arts camps.

i need to move on...

the perfectly perfect, imperfect love.

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arts camp 2009 was a blast.
well, all FASS camps have always been that fantastic anywayy...

it was something special this year, joining huiying to be in the same og again (we met in arts camp 2007!)
and of course getting to know all the councillors that i've always seen around in school but never ever really sat down to talk to...

random, but i dont like the way we segregate ourselves into freshies and seniors. it makes me feel reallyy old, and i hate how i'm getting older as i'm typing this right now...

siewmai was fantastic. all 15 freshies were wonderful.
we had the quiet but supportive ones, the upfront and enthusiastic ones, the funny ones, the beng one, etc.
i've got to admit that this OG is fantastic.. the spirit, and the bonds formed.

now i'm hoping this would continue... and we'll all still keep in touch and continue being friends years down the road!
=)

now onto our next journey.
o week 2009. :)

oh well,
i always knew i shouldn't watch ghost of ex girlfriend's past.

lesson learnt.
if you've found the one, never let her go...

we all learn from experiences don't we?
i'll be better nxt time.

i'm utterly proud of myself.
its 353am, and i finally got down to creating my website for freelance vocal keyboard coaching.

friends reading, do help spread the word around!
www.jkmusiclessons.blogspot.com

I've come to realise something during the past few months.

It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.

don't ask me why..
though i realise that being single for a longer than usual period of time has taught me a lot...
and somehow now, i don't exactly believe or want to fall in love.

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went to PJC today to sign my paycheck for college day.
and i' m waitin for pioneer sec's SYF paycheck to enter my account as well.
otherwise, i'm just living on savings now, and its depleting really quickly.

i hate bumming around,
but i guess i'll probably hate work as much if i do get a job..
so meanwhile i'll just stick to my daily routine of squash, football manager, and TV.

i'm a strong believer of how a guy should not neglect his guy friends coz of girls.
and i think its awfully turn off-ish if someone does that.

same goes for girls who neglect their girl friends coz of their boyfriend.
or friends in general.

like hello.
:S

i've been playing a lot of squash lately, so much so that my right arm's muscles (if i even have any) is slightly swollen... its hard to swing without feeling a slight tweak at the back...

last few days have been really crazy.

i revamped my room again

bought MORE new furniture from ikea, changed my entire bedroom to a FULL ENTERTAINMENT RM (without the bed)

and i transferred the bed to the other smaller room.

Trying to learn how to use m-audio profire to record my songs.

its a brand new interface with sonar 8 producer edition, and i've got to get used to all the new functions...

hopefully i will be able to grasp recording techniques within the next one week, then i can seriously get down to writing my new songs and arranging the music.

i've totally stopped teaching music for the past week due to my hectic schedule.

pioneer sec choir is having their holidays, so i'm basically slacking my time away.

met up with my new arts camp OG...

wonderful people i may say...

as slack as me, and fun to hang out with!

i'm beginning to think i should get a job to earn more money (While teaching music)

everyone around me is working except me.

i think i'll miss pj choir.
and i only spent a few days there...!

makes me think back on all the cranky times when i was still studying last time.
all the staying back in school late, etc.

and now that i'm in university, i can't wait but go home as early as i can everyday...

i think i've changed.
i used to be wild and happening, and i'm always busy.
now i'm just.... homely.
like i've grown out of goin out wiv lots of different people and going crazy...

i haven't done a lot of things i said i'll do during the holidays.
and is it me?
or is the weather killing me every single day?
i practically take six showers a day... and i still end up feelin sticky after less than 30 mins out of the shower... :S

hectic week.
but despite the crazy numerous amount of things i've been involved in during the past wk..
i still feel some sort of an emptiness..

yes, i've met up with old friends.
i've been doin music, building up my portfolio, choreographing pj's finale.. making new friends and finding new fun with pj choir members...
spending more time wiv my mum and cousins
sms-ing and going online more often to catch up with mdc friends, etc.
but no..
there's sth missing and i can't figure out whats that...

so much on my mind suddenly.
doesn't help with the frequent dizzy spells i've been having.
and my constant procrastination to see a neurologist.

went to suntec for the first time in a long time today///

the walk at the basement brought back memories. memories of like... ten?!? years ago..
how i dedicated a message to dixie when we first got together in secondary school...

yes yes. i know what u must be thinking.
but no, i'm not goin to get into one of my emo spells again.

on a side note... i can't wait to test out my new recording rig...
its expensive
but i hope its worth the money.

i'm selling my recording PC cause i'm goin to buy a new recording system!

the PC i'm selling includes:
core 2 duo processor
emu 1820 soundcard (worth over 800 bucks)

it can record cd quaity music, with midi plugins, mic plug ins, etc.

selling at only $500! :)

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meanwhile.. i cant wait to get my new system... :)

all the way from france...

i logged on my email today to read a letter written by a girl from france...
she heard "don't do it again", the song i wrote, on youtube and felt very touched and connected to it...

once in a while, its good to hear people tell u that they appreciate the music you are doing...
cause once in a while, i stop, and look in the mirror and ask myself.. "what am i doing.. why am i writing so much, singing so much etc"

that mail made my day
thanks elise :)
hope you find the right one soon enough :)

i have given away my last one, almost two years to somebody who never ever loved me back.
now it feels awfully weird entertaining the thought of me liking someone else other than her.

but like i was telling kim... its time we all move on...

then comes the problem.
i don't know how it feels to like someone.
and even if i do, i don't know what to be thinking, or what to do and say....

how do you know if she's the right one?
and if you are not sure...
do you just watch her fall for someone else? or do u tell her u think u may be attracted to her?

its at this time when i realize how complicated love is...

my ideal girl...
plays an instrument,
sings,
is sweet,
and well mannered and lovable...

but even when an ideal one comes along...
how do you know if u're attracted to her bcoz of her "ideal attributes"
or beacuse u genuinely want to spend more time knowing her?

okay john.
its 340am.
u're probably just blabbering

step 1 to letting go of the past: paint my room.
step 2: time to put all the photos aside.

and what if i think i've found the girl of my dreams?

step 1:..... feel lost...
step 2:..... feel confused....
step 3:.....just not do anything.

is there a right..and a wrong way to doing things?
or is it just an inner voice inside me saying "john. u've made so mani mistakes. this might just be another one of your mistakes"

i think i'm secretly afraid inside..

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