Hady rocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hady sang wonderfully at the Singapore Idol finals! I'll be SOOOOOOOOOOOO proud if he is Singapore Idol! He's so good that I can even envision him in the Top 10 of American Idol, comparable to those powerhouses there. I think a singer is REALLY good if I can see myself BUYING the album and playing his songs on repeat mode. I can't for Jon Leong (sorry Jon fans!) but I absolutely can for Hady. Go Hady!!!

I'm still waiting for Mandisa and Paris' albums to be out too. They're my faves from American Idol season 5!!

Of scenic routes

Today I drove to school via Mandai Road and it was a wonderful discovery!! The route was extremely scenic and there were significantly less cars than on the PIE (there were more 'big guys' though. Mr. Lorry and Mr. Trucks...). I think i'll be driving via this beautiful route everyday. And if I'm extremely stressed and need an escapade urgently, I can ever turn into the zoo, which is on the way!

After lessons in Tampines, I took daddy's advice and drove home via TPE, SLE, Mandai Rd, KJE. Lovely routes there too. Yay! Now I look forward to these long journeys where I just rest my left leg while keeping at 5th gear mostly. Plus I would be heading home at about 6:45pm, and I'm travelling westwards, where the sun is setting, so the sky is exceptionally beautiful.

If I could take a photo while driving there, I would, and I would post it up here to share with y'all the beauty. Don't worry I don't think I'll be trying that. :)

Driving with Miles Davis is really cool too. Realize that when I drive, I concentrate so hard that I can't really pay attention to lyrics, so there's no point listening to songs that are more meaningful on the words, cos they'll just fly by my ears.

Diana Krall's latest CD is really good!! Go get it!

Davis and Krall

Today, I bought a Miles Davis CD for just $14.90 at Sembawang Music! Considering most CDs are $20 odd, I think it's a steal!

Am listening to the CD now. I realize I really do quite like Miles Davis. :)

Also excited about new Diana Krall album From This Moment On.

Rejuvenating Swim

I blog mainly to tell of how nice the Lord is.

After finding out that my pulse rate is at an awfully unhealthy rate of 84 per minute (!!!! Thanks to session @ CCC today) I felt I had to go exercise.

I drove to Bukit Batok CSC and decided to swim intensively for half an hour even though there was impending rain. I told the Lord I was only gonna swim for half an hour and because I had no watch with me (and I was way too short-sighted to see the public clock) I told Him to tell me when it's about half an hour so I could get back home in time.

To my pleasant surprise, for quite a while there was bright sunlight (despite the dark clouds!) and I was having a really nice time praying for people, situations... while swimming.

Then suddenly the sky turned really dark, so I felt I had to get up just before it pours. Turned out that I had swam for about 33 minutes! I'm pleasantly surprised at the accuracy. I quickly headed to the carpark, and the moment I got to the car, it started to pour cats and dogs.

I'm just so affirmed, like a daughter who's just been sayanged by a father who really loves her very much. It's like asking daddy for ice cream and him buying it for me, something that I can do without, yet something he allows me to enjoy. That half an hour of a swim.

And I'm really rejuvenated after that too! Despite an intensive swim (didn't stop at all!) I felt a lot stronger than before I swam.

Let's see if I can hit the pool again after the NIE course tomorrow. Hrmm. :)

I finally get jazz!!

I'm so thrilled! I just sat at the piano and played 3 hours worth of jazz piano. Started my jazz lessons 2 weeks ago, and after 2 lessons, I'm FINALLY understanding what II-V-I means. You know how you surf the net and try to learn, and the lesson never really gets through because there was never anyone to demo the endless II-V-I stuff? I finally got it, and I'm so excited! Because I was actually playing stuff heard in Diana Krall's CD - my absolute fave jazz singer + pianist!


The other day the Lord reminded me something crucially important from Richard Foster's book Celebration of Disciplines, may this bless you.

3 inner attitudes to have if you want freedom from anxiety:
(1) If all you have, you receive as a gift
(2) If all you have is to be cared for by God
(3) If all you have is available to others

This is especially true when the 'what you have' is actually another PERSON.

In Uniform

On thursday we had teachers' day celebrations and I wore the school's uniform! Borrowed it from two rather tall girls in my form class. This is Laura, also a student in my form class.

It's quite cool walking around school without being noticed as the teacher. This camouflage really works, especially when you tie up your hair. :)