I’ve been on a new swimming regime recently. The idea is to do at least 2 or 3 sessions per week, at least 2km per session (maybe more in the future), with one hard set of 1,500m being the main item. Today I did the 1,500m in under 25 mins (which was my goal). I [...]
Archive for June, 2009
New Regime
Thursday, 11 June, 2009
Rohit Brijnath
Wednesday, 10 June, 2009
I have no idea who he is, where he came from, and if he is local or not, but I’ll say this…Rohit Brijnath is the best Straits Times sports writer I’ve read in a long while. To be honest, in this day and age when we have access to sports news articles from all around [...]
VJC’s Got Talent
Monday, 8 June, 2009
(Some random keyboardist dude at Nil Sine Labore, picture by VJC Photosoc) So the concert which I was involved in at the Esplande Concert Hall last Saturday evening was called “Nil Sine Labore”, which I understand is the motto of VS and VJC…which means “Nothing Without Labour”. I’ve got to say it was one of the [...]
Historic
Monday, 8 June, 2009
It was gernerally a rather disappointing sports weekend. Except for one thing. Anyway, Massa couldn’t maintain his winning streak in Turkey, and the Ferraris seem to be off the pace from the front runners yet again, which is a slight step backwards as compared to the last race in Monaco. The Magic lost Game 2 [...]
Yet One More “Hope To Do Before I Die” Item Struck Off
Sunday, 7 June, 2009
Ok, so picture this: Soundcheck was supposed to start at 6pm on Friday evening (the night of the full-dress rehearsal). I arrived backstage a little early, and was all ready to step into the Esplanade Concert Hall to start the soundcheck, but strangely, no one else was there yet. (They either hadn’t arrived yet, or [...]
Things I Hope To Do Before I Die (One Less Now)
Thursday, 4 June, 2009
Today I crossed out another one of the “hope to do before I die” things in my life. As there was rehearsal at the Esplanade Concert Hall today, I had the privilege of actually entering the Concert Hall through the stage door, having my stage pass validated by security, and experiencing the whole journey from [...]
The Curse Of The Classically-Trained
Thursday, 4 June, 2009
So tonight I was supposed to practice hard for the Esplanade Concert Hall performance this Saturday (see here and here). Which I did, of course. But then I was fiddling with my synthesizer and stumbled upon a nice sound which I thought sounded very much like the opening synths to Toto’s “Africa”. So I began [...]
She Just Couldn’t Recreate Her Magic Moment
Monday, 1 June, 2009
So Susan Boyle lost out to dance group Diversity in the finals of Britain’s Got Talent. Personally, I think both Susan Boyle and Diversity are highly talented and either of them could have been a deserving winner. Anway, there’s something I’ve been wanting to say ever since I saw the original Susan Boyle clip (here), [...]
One Of The Greatest Upsets?
Monday, 1 June, 2009
Where does Rafael Nadal’s 4-set defeat at the hands of Robin Soderling in the 4th round of this year’s Roland Garros rank in the greatest upsets in sports? He’s won three of the last four major tennis titles, including the recent Australian Open. He’s won 4 straight French Open titles. The last time he dropped [...]
It’s Gonna Be Lakers-Magic
Monday, 1 June, 2009
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed following this year’s NBA playoffs. I guess this year’s playoffs goes to show one thing: Nothing’s for certain in sports. We all thought that Cleveland would be a virtual shoo-in for the Finals this year, because they had the best record in the regular season and also because they swept through their [...]
