random late night post to keep my free domain

Let's discuss something more random, shall we? Like the newly (actually about two months) opened shopping centre at my down there. Ahem, Yew Tee Point. So, what's so peculiar about the place?

It's a rather small shopping centre, frankly pathetic by mall standards. Above is a condominium, a carpark. The shopping part takes place over...one and a half storeys. Enough to host 70-odd shops. Which is fine and dandy.

But. This shopping mall has something awesome about it. It's chock full of food.

Come on, a third of the stalls sell omnomnom-ers!

Previously, for Yew Tee, we had:

1 Food Court
1 Hawker Centre (2, but the other doesn't count)
1 McDonald's
1 Cake Shop
1 Bread Shop
...

...That was it. Now, however, we have:

3 Food Courts
1 Hawker Centre
1 Japanese Restaurant
1 Hong Kong Restaurant
1 Indian Food Joint
1 Store that sells a lot of things
1 Chinese Noodle Joint
1 Toast Restaurant
1 KFC
1 Burger King
1 Subway
1 Long John Silver's
1 McDonald's
1 McDonald's
1 McCafe
1 Old Chang Kee
3 Cake Shops
3 Bread Shops
1 Chicken Store
1 Chicken Rice Store
1 Sushi Store
1 Bah-Kwa Store
1 Bubble-tea Store
1 Soya bean Store

No, that wasn't a typo. There really ARE two Mac's hanging around the area. Best thing is, they're located 5 metres from each other. Well, one of them is air-conditioned, but still.

Think there are a couple more I missed out, or not completed yet...

Glittery, Liberating Silver

So we got Silver.

We broke our 34-year, 17 consecutive Golds-and-above streak.

So.

So?

I admit, I was shocked when I heard the results. How could we have gotten Silver? I did not believe we played a Silver standard. I still don't. It was definitely a Gold standard.

But then, you realise that this medal is really quite meaningless. It says absolutely nothing of the effort that we as a band have put in. Whatever we've done, we've done our very best, to whatever extent we could have. That is enough.

I'm quite sure every other band in Singapore has worked very hard for this. Everyone deserves a Gold with Honours.

Hey, besides, I like silver so much more than gold as a colour.

dead blog revival

Finally. Have to update.

SYF is in two days' time.

God, I still can't get part G of Overture No. 1 right.

Makes me wonder sometimes if I'm really deteriorating temporarily, or I'm set on a path of no return back to Sec 1 days.

Fine, not so dramatic. Because if I really did so I'd probably quit band out of sadness.

But still, I've been deproving at a horrendously fast rate. My endurance, my high notes...will my tone go next?

I have no idea what's causing this. None.

Damnit.

I want to play the trumpet.