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Haha, this is my new tank setup!

Plants - 3 stocks of Windelov on woodpiece, anubias

fishes - 1 marble angelfish, 1 flush angelfish, 2 black ghost knife fish, 2 golden barb, 2 siamese algae eater, 2 leopard corydoras, 2 sterba corydoras, 1 common pleco, 1 platy, 2 snails, and uncountable number of trumpet snails

filter - dolphin top filter with qianhu wool + ceramic rings + qianhu filter piece, 1 sponge filter

lighting - Boyu 36watt PL light

Not too much difference from my prev one though, except for the water sprite. The last one died off in 1 week, so i dare not get somemore of that until i got my carbon dioxide ready.

A close up picture of my new windelov.

You might think it’s quite pack with the plants, leaving the fishes with lesser space, nah, they provide shelter. And there’s also a secret passage!

It’s at where the pointing piece of dirftwood is, resembles a highway from their little hidden room behing to the outside garden. haha.

And i think my platy is like a moving flower among the greeneries.

And also got 2 new sterba corys, cos i love cory so much! They are so cute when they are swimming, wagging their little bodies and tails like a dog, and their whiskers are adorable.

See my leopard cory resting on my anubias, so cute. If only i can get all my corys each on a piece of anubias leaf at the same time.

And sometimes, they are hiding under the umbrellas to avoid blazing afternoon lights.

So is my pleco, got a nice spot to chill up.

I noticed my gravels are moving! A closer examination reveals it’s the work of the trumpet snails. Hmm….. where did they came from? I didnt buy any of those, and i don’t remember seeing any of those before.

And there seems to be quite a few of them. Oh no, think i might be facing snail problem soon.

Wah, i think i am very very left out of the chinese music world. I went past a shop today at marina square, and i heard one of the songs of yesterday’s performance, which i thought is an original composition. :p Wah! Just went back to see the list of original compositions we got, ok, 2 of the songs i thought was original compo are actually pop songs sung by artistes already. So i quickly update my prev post. haha!

Hey hey, today is the day of my performance. It is over at the “Ming Ge Can Ting” called “Ai Qin Hai“.

And that is the booth for admission.

Haha, when i ask them whether i can take a picture of the booth, our attendents say ok, and ran away from my camera, wah lau eh, so shy.

Hei hei, and there’s the banner for the performance hanging over at the side.

I reached late today, but somehow, the rehearsal have not started yet, so i am free to take pictures of the interior again.

Nice place, with a very taiwanese reminiscent. Think it’s becos the ming ge can ting concept is originated from taiwan ba.

Soon a little while, the rehearsal began…..

At around 4pm, the audience had seated down,

and the emcee is there to address the audience and start up the performance.

Wah, bad picture ain’t it. Guess i still don’t really know how to use my phone’s camera appropriately.

The first song is “Ka Fei Pao Mo”, or “Cuppocinno” in english. Written by our cute guitarist - Edwin. This time it’s sung by Liping and chorused by xiuxian and huiqi.

Nice song, very light and refreshing. A typical girl’s song. And btw, this song won the 2nd place in the 7th Xin Qin Rong Ji competition, as well as the best lyrics and best arrangement award, don’t play play ah!

Second in row is “Gou Gou Shou”, sung by xiuxian.

Come next is a combination of 2 songs - “Jie Tuo + She’s gone”, it’s actually only one song, but sung in 2 languages. Singer is jesslyn, accompanied by huiqi. Weilin’s on the guitar also this time, she plays very well.

Then it’s my turn le….

A slow song, in a very hip hop, r&b synonymous name - ye ye ye ye, or (night * 4) in english. I’m the one on the guitar. Hey i’m really not photogenic, legs open too wide, not nice. So i decided next song concentrate more on my seating posture…..

Ok, fifth in row is “ru guo de shi”, sung by chun mei.

After that is “shuang shou”, our keyboardist, melvin, is singing and playing the keyboard.

Btw, he’s the one playing all the drum beats for the other songs, giving more life to the songs, and leaving the audience wondering who’s playing the congo.

Next is huiqi singing “Gao Du Nan Ti”, another original composition.

Next in roll is Edwin and a senior - shun cheng, with the original composition - shou zai zhe li. Then this senior came out with a lame joke - jiao zai na li.

Oops, it’s me again, playing the guitar, with Liping and Sufen, singing Xing Guang You Le Yuan, by Twinz.

also helped by melvin playing the drumbeat and edwin, for the melody part. This time, i tried to pay more attention to my seating posture, but end up not concentrating on my music. Dah!! then melvin reminded my to be a bit softer, then i finally forget my image and concentrate on my music, haha. But the song already halfway thru le. :p

Then, it’s weilin singing another original composition, oops, i forgot the title of the song le. This time the genre is more alternative with a little bit of rock essence. Suits just her “seh”, haha, my writing very singlish hor.

Up next is “Ning Xia”, sung by 3 girls, a pretty combination. Haha, like SHE, very cute and very lively.

Next is edwin’s original composition again, entitled “xin li you gui”, haha, what a name.

Oh, btw, the title means “got something itchy in his heart”, it’s about a guy and a gal, who have been quite attached, but both already have other boyfriend/girlfriend le. Hmm…. the person who came out with the lyrics is feeling guilty? hehehe…..

Up next is melvin solo again, this time is the song - hei se you mo. Nice one he did.

Full of expression yeah? A bit funny when he sang one part of the chorus, which is super high octave. Well, he managed to reach it though. And he even captured the attention of an “ang mo” passer-by, who stood at the door filming his performance! Wah! How can?! Piracy! Hahhahaha…..

Then kok song is interviewed by the emcee for his next coming original composition - Yi Ge Ren Chang KTV.

This is his first composed song and he won the champion for the 8th Xing Qing Rong Ji competition, wow!

Indeed a nice one, very karaoke friendly. A bit like Eason’s “K Ge Zhi Wang”, same genre, same mood, same sadness. Hey, maybe he can sell the song to some famous singer to sing and become famous and rich! Hahahahaha….

Ok, 2nd last song, “Yi ge xiang xia tian, yi ge xiang qiu tian”, sang by huiqi.

Hmm…. a lot of the original compositions are in the light, refreshing pop genre….

Ok, i v tired liao, gotta quickly finish this blog, else tmr cannot wake up for service.

The last song is also another original composition - Xiang Ni Ai Ni…Ai Ni Xiang Ni, sung by xiuxian. Hey, she’s got the vocal as well as the “seh” to be a diva, maybe she should join the project superstar 2, haha.

btw, this song is composed by shun cheng and it got into the finals of the 8th Xing Qin Rong Ji competition and the 2nd place of the song writing category of Impresario’05. No joke, this song solid sia.

Ok, that’s it, end of the performance. Oh btw, that’s the drink the audience got, together with the ticket of course.

So people leaving….

and so do we….

but of course, we took a group photo before we left

That’s all! Can go sleep le….

Oh btw, please do support the finals of the Fei Yue Shi Kong song writing competition on the 18th of August, more information’s on the official website -> http://www.musicexpress12.com. Oh, i like their theme song..

Sleep le…. tmr must wake up at 7.30, 5 more hrs to go