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2006-12-27T04:23:00.000-08:00

Heya people! Merry Christmas to one and all! (Its the 27th and I still have the thick skin to wish people this late since there are 12 days of christmas :p)

Hope everyone of you has had a great holiday and has been blessed abundantly this festive season. Personally, I've been STUFFED with poultry of every breed and other stuff like ham and beef as well. Starting to crave for fish. Haha. But nothing can go in as of now..... Did I mention I've had loads of deserts as well? Western deserts, not counting the green bean soup my grandma made on the 25th.

Ok, story time! Heard this at mass from the homily. It seems that the pagans commemorated the celebration of the triumph of light over darkness on the 21st of december every year. The sun had disappeared and did not shine upon the face of the earth for a long time (unspecified but yeah) and the beast had pinned the hero down in an epic battle that lasted for that whole period. Don't ask me how they survived without food and water for so long. Then on the 21st of december that year, the sun's rays finally began to light up the cold barren ground which was once full of life. This sign gave commoners hope, and the hero gained a burst of strength to overturn the beast, pinning it to the ground in turn. The beast as eventually slain, and the pagans celebrated that day as the day which light triumphed over the dark abyss of evil.

Here is where christians wanted to do: they needed to find a festive occassion and period to celebrate the birth of christ since the exact date is not known to us homo sapiens. Upon learning of this festival the pagans commemorated each year, the christians believed that this was the perfect time to celebrate christ's entry into the world. It was decided that it should be on a date after the 21st, and 25th became the chosen date as we know it today. Hence 25th of december is the day we celebrate christmas.

Ok, enough talking from me. All the best for the new year and may music flow from our hearts into the world!

Jon Lee
(1st violin)
P.S. DOES anyone read this blog besides Jon Lim?

2006-12-13T03:06:00.001-08:00

k fine. SYO THEN.

happy? lol.

yea. we noe u v old k.

(hi winds and percs who have been so cordially invited AND DECIDED TO ACCEPT, sorry for leaving u peeps out XD er. i thot maybe we'd start small but.. NO ONE IS POSTING so.)

oh. for ppl who haven't watched tis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoYCqiO_nJI

2006-12-13T02:12:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone. Glad to see that SOME of us actually decided to join! Haha yup! Isn't the name for "strings" a bit wrong? Its like this just started off with the exclusivity. WHERE IS THE FAMILY SPIRIT? Reach out to the erm...more senior members in the winds, brass, and to a certain extent percussion? I'm already considered oldie having hit the unofficial/unspoken retirement age for violinists. For the record, my no. is 81239374 and msn is triathlete_violinist_mathsfreak@hotmail.com. Pretty dumb to me now that I've stopped training and doing mathematical gymnastics -.-

Happy holidays everyone! Hope to see you all soon! Gah LTCL tomorrow.....

2006-12-13T01:32:00.000-08:00

Ok just to get the balls i mean ball rolling i shall post a post. Ok just to play safe i shall just post an interview. Don't blame me if its stupid..

Alright guys im back from interviewing the super basketballer Mr. My-kel Jordan. Yes now i can't be sued i think. Ok you know these sportsmen...they just keep complaining and complaining...i almost fell asleep during the interview..i mean..somehow when your parents scold you you tend to feel a tad sleepy right? Anyway here, ill be theChang (tC) and MJ will be...MJ. yeah..

Ok for the record...this is My-kel Jordan...

My-kel Jordan likes to act cute...

Awww...okok here it goes..

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theChang (tC): Hey there Mr. Jordan! We're all so honoured to have you here with us today. Im sure...you had a good rest last night. And this morning. Wait. You must have stayed up all night with anticipation on coming for this interview am i right?

My-kel Jordan (MJ): How you know? So smart. But actually half the time was spent thinking about all those loser basketballers that think they can beat ME! What an outrage! They think they can beat ME?! Sheesh. And when they failed, they used underhand tactics. You know..under..hand. I had to take special precautionary measures man...heres an example:

see the hand? It didn't just happen to be at the right time at the right place. It was put there by yours truly. And you know..tall guys like me really shouldn't be playing basketball. Come on...the baskets are getting shorter and shorter each time they make a new court. Dam! Just last week i played a game and i hit me head on the rim! I was out of action for 2 weeks i tells you...

man! That's just crap i tell you. And because of that i missed dunking the slam!

tC: Dear me that must have been a traumatic experience for you MJ! Did you have to seek help from a paediatrician?

MJ: No sirreee. This here *knocks head* is a tough nut to crack. And for my 2nd level of defence ive got thick skin! Yeah baby i feel goood! Oh oh and that reminds me...some basketballers just don't know how to share. You know the referees should make snatching illegal. I mean i was just holding the ball and admiring the texture and colour of the round thing when someone just upped and grabbed it! Grabbed it! If you don't realise im currently feeling very indignant now...just look at this....

I held out the ball wanting to share, fair and square when this son-of-a-mother comes and snatches it from me! My momentary shock prevented me from retrieving it..

Man! I couldn't do anything about it! I thought of calling my mom to come over and teach that bully a lesson but...you know..its a little embarrasing in front of all those people. So gritting my teeth and with a determined expression on my handsome face, i went and grabbed it back..

Hah! The guy just didn't know what hit him. And to top it all off, i stuck my tongue out at him to make him feel bad. I bet he went home crying to his mommy. Yep...i was one happy Jordan after that. Oh and here's a pic of me and my ball!

Im like so proud of it. After that incident i decided to toughen up a little. No more Mr. Nice Jordan. The most memorable incident was when i grabbed this guy up by the shirt...he was like "Noo Noo please don't Mr. honourable Jordan sir!" And i was like "shut your face!" Then i turned to the audience to get their permission before smashing the ball in his sorry face! Yeah that was a lesson well taught ladies and gentlemen. Never mess with a Jordan!

Yeap. After doing that my face was like...

Smugness-central. Oh yes!

tC: That certainly was an interesting story Mr. Jordan! Im pretty..handsome sure that we all loved hearing all that crap. So do join us next time for more interviews! And if you can't wait..just go here:

http://thisiscrapinterviewsman.blogspot.com

Have fun

2006-12-04T06:47:00.000-08:00

HI:) welcome to the incredible SYO blog! uh. post wadever you want! doesn't have to have anything to do with music.. its just for fun hee.